Table 1 Participant characteristics

Age in years (Mean ± 1SD)

14.62 ± 1.38

Gender, n (%)

Boys

1,706 (56.12)

Girls

1,334 (43.88)

Anthropometrics (Mean ± 1SD)

Weight in kg

59.61 ± 13.41

Height in meter

164.84 ± 9.68

Body mass index

21.78 ± 3.81

Weight status, n (%)

Normal/thinness

2,051 (68.41)

Overweight

660 (22.01)

Obesity

287 (9.58)

HRQoL (Mean ± 1SD)

Global score

78.27 ± 11.42

Psychosocial score

74.30 ± 13.24

Physical score

85.75 ± 11.07

Global HRQoL x

Weight status, mean (±1SD)

All

77.86 (10.98)

Normal/thinness

78.98 (10.89)

Overweight

77.73 (11.61)

Obese

74.48 (13.81)

Psychosocial HRQoL x

Weight status, mean (±1SD)

All

72.68 (13.54)

Normal/thinness

75.02 (12.69)

Overweight

73.66 (13.534)

Obese

70.68 (15.76)

Pysical HRQoL x

Weight status, mean (±1SD)

All

87.58 (10.18)

Normal/thinness

86.40 (10.58)

Overweight

85.35 (11.15)

Obese

81.61 (13.35)

Parental encouragement, mean (±1SD)

Low

-1.08 (0.53)

Medium

0.12 (0.31)

High

1.00 (0.16)

Parental encouragement x

Weight status mean (±1SD)

All

.04 (.79)

Normal/thinness

-.02 (.93)

Overweight

.02 (.94)

Obese

.12 (.92)

Physical activity in min. (Mean ± 1SD)

46.28 ± 29.63

Daily vegetable intake, n (%)

≤ 1 serve

1,301 (43.40)

> 1 serve

1,697 (56.60)

Daily fruit intake, n (%)

≤ 1 serve

711 (23.72)

> 1 serve

2,287 (76.28)