The Dual Burden of Malnutrition and Associated Dietary and Lifestyle Habits among Lebanese School Age Children Living in Orphanages in North Lebanon

Table 4

Physical activity and sedentary behaviors.

Variable	Age group			Test of significance
	Total ()	<10 ()	≥10 ()
	Number (%)	Number (%)	Number (%)
Number of sleeping hours/day
<8 hours	12 (7.8%)	2 (2.5%)	10 (13.7%)
≥8 hours	141 (92.2%)	78 (97.5%)	63 (86.3%)
Hours spent in front of the TV or any other screen
<2 hours	75 (49.0%)	32 (40.0%)	43 (58.9%)
≥2 hours	78 (51.0%)	48 (60.0%)	30 (41.1%)
Number of physical education hours/week
Min–max	0.0–4.0	0.0–4.0	0.0–4.0
Mean	1.54 ± 1.22	1.83 ± 1.43	1.23 ± 0.84
Median	1.0	2.0	1.0
Spare time activities
Active playing	22 (14.4%)	8 (10.0%)	14 (19.2%)	2.612	0.106
Sedentary behaviors	131 (85.6%)	72 (90.0%)	59 (80.8%)

: chi-square test.
: value for Mann–Whitney test.
significant at .