Changes in Primary School Children's Behaviour, Knowledge, Attitudes, and Environments Related to Nutrition and Physical Activity
Table 4
Number (%) of parents meeting the target scores for healthy eating and physical activity at baseline and followup 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
499–517
434–457
326–346
360–374
Healthy eating
Food availability
Sweet beverages
≥12
46 (9.2)
39 (9.0)
53 (16.3)
35 (9.7)
7.1
0.7
Noncore foods
≥21
181 (35.2)
124 (28.1)
127 (36.7)
93 (25.3)
1.5
−2.8
Fruit and vegetables
≥12
473 (91.3)
396 (87.8)
311 (89.9)
339 (90.6)
−1.4
2.8
Attitudes
≥24
187 (36.7)
177 (39.3)
140 (40.8)
152 (41.4)
4.1
1.5
Rules
≥40
354 (70.4)
301 (67.6)
241 (71.5)
240 (66.1)
1.1
−1.5
Knowledge of healthy
Fruit serves
1-2
311 (61.3)
268 (60.3)
227 (71.3)
248 (67.5)
10.0*
7.2*
Vegetable serves
3–5
326 (64.2)
295 (66.2)
248 (73.9)
248 (67.5)
9.7*
1.3
Activity
Attitude
≥28
134 (26.1)
155 (34.4)
92 (27.1)
168 (45.3)
1.0
10.9*
Rules
≥12
183 (35.4)
171 (37.4)
119 (34.8)
135 (36.4)
−0.6
−1.0
of responses varies between items.
*Significant difference between baseline and followup within condition. Proportion identifying correct answer as per the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating guidelines serves per day [22].
