Parental Perceptions of Child’s Medical Care and Neighborhood and Child’s Behavioral Risk Factors for Obesity in U.S. Children by Body Mass Index Classification

Table 2

Preventive medical care and risk factors for obesity.

Parameter	No preventive medical care		Preventive medical care
	Percent (95^th CI)		Percent (95^th CI)
Watch television (4 or more hr/day)	18.8 (16.6, 21.2)		13.1 (12.3, 13.9)		<0.001
Electronic devices (4 or more hr/day)	19.3 (17.1, 21.7)		15.0 (14.2, 15.9)		<0.001
Adequate sleep (3 or less nights/wk)	10.1 (8.5, 12.0)		10.7 (10.0, 11.5)		0.072
Physical activity moderate-to-vigorous (days/wk)					<0.001
0	24.8 (21.8, 28.1)		75.2 (71.9, 78.2)
1–3	29.9 (28.2, 21.7)		80.1 (78.3, 81.8)
4‐5	16.4 (14.9, 17.9)		83.6 (82.1, 85.1)
6‐7	15.5 (14.0, 17.2)		84.5 (82.8, 86.0)
Inadequate health insurance	39.4 (36.6, 42.2)		28.8 (27.7, 29.9)		<0.001
Second- or third-hand smoke exposure	7.2 (6.2, 8.4)		7.1 (6.6, 7.7)		0.894
% FPL (0–99)	25.0 (22.5, 27.7)		16.5 (15.6, 17.5)		<0.001
Family meals					0.001
0–3 times per wk.	27.7 (25.4, 30.1)		27.0 (26.0, 28.1)
4–6 times per wk.	33.4 (30.8, 36.0)		38.7 (37.5, 39.9)
Every night	38.9 (36.2, 41.8)		34.3 (33.2, 35.4)
Sex	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	0.043
	54.0 (51.2, 56.8)	46.0 (43.2, 48.8)	50.9 (49.7, 52.1)	49.9 (47.9, 50.3)
Parents perceived neighborhood not safe	13.0 (11.1, 15.2)		11.7 (10.8, 12.6)		0.226
Parents perceived no neighborhood support	15.5 (13.8, 17.4)		15.5 (14.6, 16.5)		0.968
Parents reported no playground and parks in neighborhood	19.6 (17.6, 21.9)		16.2 (15.4, 17.0)		0.002
% within race/ethnicity no preventive medical care	Hispanic	NHB	Other races	NHW	0.001
	21.8^a (19.1, 24.8)	17.8^b (15.8, 20.1)	19.1^a,b (16.3, 22.3)	16.7^b,c (15.7, 17.7)

NHB = non-Hispanic Black; Other Race = race/ethnicity other than categories provided such as Asian or mixed race; NHW = non-Hispanic White; FPL = federal poverty level. Note. preventive medical care was considered affirmative if the parents reported their child had at least one wellness visit in the past 12 months. Physical activity was considered times during the week that the child exercised, played a sport, or participated in physical activity for at least 20 minutes that made (him/her) sweat and breathe hard? Values are percent (95^th CI) “within preventive care” unless otherwise specified. Age was not associated with preventive medical care ().