Television viewing, food preferences, and food habits among children: A prospective epidemiological study

Hare-Bruun, Helle; Nielsen, Birgit M; Kristensen, Peter L; Møller, Niels C; Togo, Per; Heitmann, Berit L

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-311

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Cross-sectional associations between ΣHFP, and ΣHFH and TV viewing habits in 8-10-year-olds and 14-16-year-olds

From: Television viewing, food preferences, and food habits among children: A prospective epidemiological study

	8-10 years				14-16 years
	Girls (n = 382)		Boys (n = 315)		Girls (n = 275)		Boys (n = 220)
Σ Healthy Food Preferences
TV viewing (h/day)
Crude model ²
>2 h/day	-0.94*	(-1.79; -0.08)¹	-1.31***	(-2.07; -0.55)	-0.96*	(-1.71; -0.21)	-0.75	(-1.54; 0.04)
1-2 h/day	-0.54*	(-1.06; -0.01)	-1.11***	(-1.70; -0.53)	-0.50	(-1.15; 0.15)	-0.24	(-0.99; 0.50)
<1 h/day	0	ref	0	ref	0	ref	0	ref
Adjusted model ³
>2 h/day	-1.06*	(-1.91; -0.21)	-1.36***	(-2.13; -0.59)	-0.94*	(-1.69; -0.18)	-0.78	(-1.57; 0.02)
1-2 h/day	-0.61*	(-1.13; -0.09)	-1.12***	(-1.70; -0.54)	-0.44	(-1.08; 0.21)	-0.38	(-1.13; 0.36)
<1 h/day	0	ref	0	ref	0	ref	0	ref
TV meals/week
Crude model ²
most days/every day	-0.04	(-0.71; 0.63)	-0.83*	(-1.50; -0.16)	-0.60	(-1.37; 0.17)	-0.67	(-1.43; 0.10)
1-2 times/week	0.68*	(0.06; 1.31)	-0.29	(-1.01; 0.42)	-0.26	(-1.02; 0.50)	-0.68	(-1.52; 0.15)
almost never/never	0	ref	0	ref	0	ref	0	ref
Adjusted model ³
most days/every day	-0.04	(-0.71; 0.63)	-0.84*	(-1.52; -0.16)	-0.66	(-1.44; 0.12)	-0.72	(-1.48; 0.05)
1-2 times/week	0.60	(-0.02; 1.22)	-0.28	(-1.00; 0.44)	-0.33	(-1.10; 0.44)	-0.72	(-1.56; 0.12)
almost never/never	0	ref	0	ref	0	ref	0	ref
Σ Healthy Food Habits
TV viewing (h/day)
Crude model ²
>2 h/day	-1.45**	(-2.50; -0.40)	-1.67**	(-2.71; -0.64)	-1.47**	(-2.37; -0.56)	-2.16***	(-3.27; -1.04)
1-2 h/day	-0.72*	(-1.37; -0.08)	-0.73	(-1.51; 0.06)	-0.20	(-0.98; 0.59)	-0.88	(-1.93; 0.16)
<1 h/day	0	ref	0	ref	0	ref	0	ref
Adjusted model ³
>2 h/day	-1.58**	(-2.60; -0.55)	-1.48**	(-2.51; -0.45)	-1.39**	(-2.30; -0.49)	-2.02***	(-3.15; -0.89)
1-2 h/day	-0.94**	(-1.57; -0.31)	-0.67	(-1.44; 0.10)	-0.16	(-0.93; 0.62)	-0.80	(-1.87; 0.26)
<1 h/day	0	ref	0	ref	0	ref	0	ref
TV meals/week
Crude model ²
most days/every day	-1.61***	(-2.43; -0.79)	-2.50***	(-3.36; -1.65)	-1.28**	(-2.20; -0.37)	-2.14***	(-3.20; -1.08)
1-2 times/week	-0.60	(-1.36; 0.16)	-1.00*	(-1.92; -0.07)	0.16	(-0.75; 1.07)	-0.60	(-1.77; 0.56)
almost never/never	0	ref	0	ref	0	ref	0	ref
Adjusted model ³
most days/every day	-1.56***	(-2.36; -0.76)	-2.25***	(-3.11; -1.40)	-1.24**	(-2.16; -0.32)	-2.04***	(-3.12; -0.96)
1-2 times/week	-0.71	(-1.45; 0.03)	-1.02*	(-1.93; -0.11)	0.07	(-0.85; 0.98)	-0.51	(-1.69; 0.67)
almost never/never	0	ref	0	ref	0	ref	0	ref

ΣHFP, Sum of healthy food preferences; ΣHFH, sum of healthy food habits; ref, reference category.
¹Estimate (95% confidence interval), all such values.
²Adjusted for survey year. School included in model as random effect.
³Adjusted for survey year, BMI z-score, maternal BMI, paternal BMI, physical activity, SES (maternal education). School included in model as random effect.
*P ≤ 0.05, **P ≤ 0.01, ***P ≤ 0.001.

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