Increasing the use of preventative health services to promote healthy eating, physical activity and weight management: the acceptability and potential effectiveness of a proactive telemarketing approach

Table 1 Participant characteristics by group

	Insufficient fruit and vegetable intake group (n = 324)	Insufficient physical activity group (n = 93)	Overweight or obese group (n = 165)	p
<50 years of age	43%	41%	33%	0.12
Male	35%	23%	42%	<.01*
Language other than English spoken at home	13%	9%	4%	<.01*
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander	1%	1%	3%	.31
University or college education	37%	36%	27%	.07
Annual household income before tax of > $80,000 ^A	33%	32%	33%	.94

^A11, 6, and 8 missing responses from the insufficient fruit and vegetable, physical activity and overweight or obese groups respectively were missing due to participant refusal to respond to this item.

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