Research Article
A Median Analysis of Factors Influencing Body Fatness in Urban School-Age Children in Cameroon
Table 2
Behavioral characteristics of boys and girls.
| Factors | Boys, n (%) | Girls, n (%) | Value |
| Fruit and vegetable consumption | | | 0.257 | Never | 192 (37.9) | 213 (42.5) | | Occasionally | 162 (32.0) | 156 (31.1) | | Everyday | 153 (30.2) | 132 (26.3) | |
| Breakfast consumption | | | 0.410 | Skip/rarely | 81 (16.0) | 86 (17.2) | | 1–2 times/week | 115 (22.7) | 123 (24.6) | | 3–4 times/week | 157 (31.0) | 131 (26.1) | | Daily | 154 (30.4) | 161 (32.1) | |
| Snacks (in-between meals) | | | 0.001 | Once a day | 64 (12.6) | 57 (11.4) | | Twice a day | 89 (17.6) | 109 (21.8) | | Three times a day | 167 (32.9) | 111 (22.2) | | Greater than three times a day | 187 (36.9) | 224 (44.7) | |
| Out-of-school physical activity | | | 0.167 | ≤2 times/week | 243 (49.7) | 270 (53.9) | | >2–4 times/week | 192 (37.9) | 168 (33.5) | | >4–7 times/week | 72 (14.2) | 63 (12.6) | |
| Out-of-school sedentary lifestyle | | | 0.002 | ≤1 hour/day | 194 (38.3) | 152 (30.3) | | >1–3 hours/day | 200 (39.4) | 192 (38.3) | | >3–6 hours/day | 113 (22.3) | 157 (31.3) | |
| Motorization to school | | | | No | 246 (48.5) | 230 (45.9) | 0.406 | Yes | 261 (51.5) | 271 (54.1) | |
| Parental education | | | 0.768 | No education | 98 (19.3) | 83 (16.6) | | Primary | 120 (23.7) | 111 (22.2) | | Secondary | 155 (30.6) | 148 (29.5) | | Higher education | 134 (26.4) | 159 (31.7) | |
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