Changes in Primary School Children's Behaviour, Knowledge, Attitudes, and Environments Related to Nutrition and Physical Activity

Table 2

Number (%) of primary aged school students meeting target scores at baseline and followup for healthy eating and physical activity behaviours by intervention (INT) and comparison (COMP) communities and percent change over time.

	Target score	Baseline (2006)		Followup (2009)		Change %
		INT	COMP	INT	COMP	INT	COMP
Healthy eating	𝑁	872	858	633	641
Noncore food	<1	226 (25.9)	172 (20.0)	206 (32.5)	165 (25.7)	6.6*	5.7*
Noncore beverages	<1.3	303 (34.7)	286 (33.3)	228 (36.3)	228 (35.6)	1.6	2.2
Water	4	346 (39.7)	398 (46.4)	232 (36.7)	262 (40.9)	−3.0	−5.5*
Fruit	>6	400 (45.9)	385 (44.9)	262 (41.4)	261 (40.7)	−4.5	−4.2
Vegetable	>8	106 (12.2)	118 (13.8)	96 (15.2)	94 (14.7)	3.0	0.9
Healthy behaviour	>18	720 (82.6)	723 (84.3)	555 (87.7)	572 (89.2)	5.1*	5.0*
Physical activity	𝑁	873	860	632	640
Active at school	>7	600 (68.7)	662 (77.0)	414 (65.5)	456 (71.3)	−3.2	−5.7*
Active outside school	>4	547 (62.7)	607 (70.6)	410 (64.9)	442 (69.1)	2.2	−1.5
Active travel	>3	314 (36.0)	456 (53.0)	206 (32.6)	318 (49.7)	−3.4	−3.3
Total screen time	<18	176 (20.2)	164 (19.1)	117 (18.5)	110 (17.2)	−1.6	−1.9

^∗Significant change (𝑃<0.05) from baseline to followup.