Promoting healthy eating and physical activity among school children: findings from Health-E-PALS, the first pilot intervention from Lebanon

Table 4 Odds ratio comparing physical activity and sedentary habits in an average student within an intervention school versus a control school at post-intervention, controlling for baseline measures†

Physical Activity Habit £	Odds ratio	95% CI
Playing at recess	1.38*	1.10; 1.80
After school Physical activity per week	2.35	0.97; 5.65
Playing at home after school	0 .86	0.49; 1.52
Screen time
TV viewing during school days ¥	0.86	0.50; 1.47
TV viewing during week end§	0.88	0.43; 1.80
Electronic games during schooldays^	1.32	0.75; 2.34
Electronic games during weekend§	1.05	0.35; 1.38

†Baseline measure refers to the response provided at pre-intervention. *Significant at p <0.05.
¥Yes, No ( a lot coded as “yes”, a little and no coded as “No”), Reference “No”.
§A lot, a little (all day and twice a day coded as “a lot”, once a day and no, coded as “a little”), Reference “a little”.
^Everyday, not everyday (a little and a lot coded as “everyday”, 3 times a week and no, coded as “not everyday”), Reference “not everyday”.
£Reference group is “No”.

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