The prevalence of eating behaviors among Canadian youth using cross-sectional school-based surveys

BMC Public Health

Table 5 Correlates of eating behaviors (fast-food & television)

	Fast-food place or restaurant		Eating in front of the TV
	Grade 5-8^a	Grade 9-12^a	Grade 5-8^a	Grade 9-12^a
Adjusted R ^2b	0.005	0.031	0.001	0.020
Sex
Female (ref) vs. Male	1.27 ^***	1.42 ^***	1.07	1.16 ^**
Age	1.05 ^*	1.11 ^***	1.00	1.00
Site
PEI (ref) vs. Quebec^c	0.98	0.65 ^***	0.92	0.65 ^***
PEI vs. Hamilton	-	1.25 ^**	-	1.23 ^**
PEI vs. TBay	-	0.89	-	1.11
Quebec (ref) vs. Hamilton	-	1.94 ^***	-	1.89 ^***
Quebec vs. TBay	-	1.37 ^***	-	1.71 ^***
Hamilton (ref) vs. TBay	-	0.71	-	0.90
BMI ^d
Healthy Weight (ref) vs. Underweight	-	0.77	-	0.71
Healthy Weight vs. Overweight	-	0.95	-	1.04
Healthy Weight vs. Obese	-	1.14	-	1.35 ^*
Healthy Weight vs. Not Stated	-	0.97	-	0.90
Not Stated (ref) vs. Underweight	-	0.80	-	0.79
Not Stated vs. Overweight	-	0.98	-	1.15
Not Stated vs. Obese	-	1.17	-	1.50 ^**
Underweight (ref) vs. Overweight	-	1.23	-	1.45
Underweight vs. Obese	-	1.47	-	1.89 ^*
Overweight (ref) vs. Obese	-	1.20	-	1.31

^*P < 0.05 ^**P < 0.01 ^***P < 0.001. Bolded type denotes significance of at least <0.05.
^aOdds ratios are shown for binary logistic regressions adjusting for sex, age, site and BMI (except for grade 5-8).
^bThe R² value presented is a Nagelkerke R².
^cGrades 5-8 only have data available from PEI and Quebec site locations.
^dBMI was unavailable in grade 5-8 students.

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