From: Household food insecurity and childhood overweight in Jamaica and Québec: a gender-based analysis
Overweight or obese Québec children | Overweight or obese Jamaican children | ||||||
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Characteristic | Category | Girls | Boys | All | Girls | Boys | All |
Sex | Girl | ///////////// | ///////////// | 26.3 | ///////////// | ///////////// | 12.6 |
Boy | ///////////// | ///////////// | 25.3 | ///////////// | ///////////// | 9.2 | |
Family SES | Tertile 1 (Low) | 34.5* | 29.6 | 32.2* | 8.3 | 5.3* | 6.8* |
Tertile 2 (Medium) | 22.8 | 23.6 | 23.2 | 14.9 | 9.5 | 12.2 | |
Tertile 3 (High) | 21.6 | 23.0 | 22.2 | 14.2 | 11.6 | 13.0 | |
Household food insecurity | No | 23.2* | 23.1 | 23.1* | 13.7 | 10.5 | 12.1* |
Yes | 66.0 | 34.6 | 52.5 | 9.8 | 6.1 | 7.9 | |
Family type | Two-parent family | 21.7* | 24.5 | 23.1* | 13.8 | 10.8 | 12.5 |
Blended family | 28.8 | 27.0 | 28.1 | 13.5 | 8.7 | 11 | |
Single-parent family | 41.9 | 27.6 | 35.2 | 10.8 | 8.2 | 9.5 | |
Pastry consumption | Less than once a day | 30.7* | 25.6 | 28.4 | 13.5 | 10 | 11.9 |
Once to less than twice a day | 26.1 | 20.5 | 23.1 | 10.3 | 8.7 | 9.5 | |
Twice a day or more | 10.4 | 24.9 | 17.1 | 9.2 | 6.7 | 7.9 | |
Fruit consumption | Less than once a day | 34.2 | 28.4 | 31.4 | 14.5 | 9.3 | 12 |
Once to less than twice a day | 26.9 | 19.1 | 22.8 | 10.9 | 9.9 | 10.4 | |
Twice a day or more | 24.4 | 24.4 | 24.4 | 11.5 | 7.7 | 9.6 | |
Vegetable consumption | Less than once a day | 41.9* | 31.7 | 37.3* | 13.1 | 9.1 | 11.2 |
Once to less than twice a day | 19.9 | 22.7 | 21.2 | 12.5 | 9.4 | 10.9 | |
Twice a day or more | 21.9 | 21.4 | 21.6 | 12.5 | 9.6 | 11.1 | |
Physical activity (Québec) | Same, lower or much lower than other children | 28.8 | 26.3 | 27.6 | ////////// | ////////// | ////////// |
Higher or much higher than other children | 20.4 | 23.4 | 21.8 | ////////// | ////////// | ////////// | |
Physical activity (Jamaica) | None or low | ////////// | ////////// | ////////// | 15.0* | 9.1 | 12.5 |
Moderate or high | ////////// | ////////// | ////////// | 10.1 | 9.2 | 9.6 |