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Table 3 Association between children’s dietary practices and overweight or obesity

From: Why are primary school children overweight and obese? A cross sectional study undertaken in Kinondoni district, Dar-es-salaam

Dietary practices

Categories

Overweight/Obese

Model 1

Model 2

COR (95 % CI)

AOR (95%CI)

Given money to buy food at school

Yes

0.5 (0.4–0.6)***

0.7 (0.5–0.9)*

No

1.0

1.0

Amount of money given

<=1000 (<=0.5USD)

0.5 (0.3–0.9)**

0.9 (0.5–1.6)

>1000 (>0.5USD)

1.0

1.0

Given food to take to school

Yes

1.5 (1.1–2.2)*

2.0 (0.6–1.5)

No

1.0

1.0

Given food at school

Yes

6.1 (4.5–8.3)**

6.4 (4.2–9.6)**

No

1.0

1.0

Drink light sugar soft drinks

Yes

1.6 (1.2–2.1)*

1.0 (0.7–1.5)

No

1.0

1.0

Dinner time

<=7:00 PM

0.6 (0.4–0.9)**

0.4 (0.5–0.8)**

>7:00 PM

1.0

1.0

Usually eat breakfast before going to school

Yes

0.9 (0.7–1.3)

0.7 (0.5–0.9)*

No

1.0

1.0

Drink full sugar soft drinks

Yes

1.0 (0.7–1.4)

 

No

1.0

Usually eat vegetables

Yes

1.0 (0.4–2.2)

 

No

1.0

Usually drink fruit juice

Yes

2.0 (0.9–4.0)

 

No

1.0

Usually eat fruits

Yes

1.5 (0.5–5.0)

 

No

1.0

Usually eat fried food

Yes

0.7 (0.4–1.2)

0.8 (0.4–1.5)

No

1.0

Usually eat starch foods

Yes

0.8 (0.4–1.5)

 

No

1.0

  1. *p-value < 0.05
  2. **p-value < 0.001
  3. ***p-value < 0.0001