Household food insecurity and childhood overweight in Jamaica and Québec: a gender-based analysis

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Frequency of overweight or obesity in Québec and Jamaican children by selected characteristics, by sex and by both sexes combined

		Overweight or obese Québec children			Overweight or obese Jamaican children
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

* Statistically significant association between the characteristic and the dependent variables within column (chi-square P ≤ 0.05)

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