Table 2 Description of the sample - parental rules on eating and unhealthy eating habits for the total sample and stratified by gender and family affluence
Total | Boys | Girls | P value | Low family affluence | Higher family affluence | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 2765 (%) | N = 1402 (%) | N = 1363 (%) | N = 134 (%) | N = 2571 (%) | |||
Parental rules | |||||||
No eating-related parental rules | 524 (20.5) | 212 (16.7) | 312 (24.2) | 0.000 | 38 (29.9) | 484 (20.1) | 0.008 |
Breakfast not mandatory | 1324 (51.1) | 601 (46.7) | 723 (55.5) | 0.000 | 81 (62.8) | 1230 (50.5) | 0.006 |
Meal in front of TV allowed | 1420 (54.6) | 698 (54.2) | 722 (55.0) | 0.652 | 77 (60.2) | 1335 (54.5) | 0.213 |
No rules about sweets and soft drinks | 1421 (54.3) | 723 (55.5) | 698 (53.2) | 0.232 | 79 (60.8) | 1336 (54.3) | 0.148 |
Eating behaviours | |||||||
Skip breakfast weekend | 489 (18.0) | 240 (17.5) | 249 (18.4) | 0.541 | 36 (27.5) | 440 (17.4) | 0.003 |
Skip breakfast weekday | 1511 (55.4) | 711 (51.6) | 800 (59.4) | 0.000 | 89 (66.9) | 1393 (54.9) | 0.006 |
Low fruit consumption | 1894 (69.6) | 1022 (74.5) | 872 (64.6) | 0.000 | 98 (74.2) | 1759 (69.4) | 0.237 |
Low vegetables consumption | 2042 (75.8) | 1100 (80.6) | 942 (70.8) | 0.000 | 102 (77.9) | 1892 (75.4) | 0.529 |
High sweets consumption | 973 (36.2) | 445 (32.9) | 528 (39.6) | 0.000 | 50 (38.8) | 905 (36.1) | 0.546 |
High soft drinks consumption | 697 (25.6) | 381 (27.6) | 316 (23.5) | 0.014 | 32 (24.4) | 649 (25.6) | 0.760 |
High energy drinks consumption | 604 (22.2) | 395 (28.8) | 209 (15.5) | 0.000 | 25 (18.9) | 560 (22.1) | 0.395 |