A comparison of nutritional intake and daily physical activity of girls aged 8-11 years old in Makkah, Saudi Arabia according to weight status

Table 4 Physical activity in underweight (UW), healthy-weight (HW), overweight (OW), and obese (OB) girls n = 78

	UW	HW	OW	OB
	n = 7	n = 42	n = 10	n = 19
Total energy expenditure (kcal / day)***	1501.8^a ± 130.7 (1390-1768)	1602.9^a ± 220.6 (1315-2421)	1725.4^a,b ± 218.9 (1448-2157)	1908.7^b ± 323.6 (1378-2779)
TEE/ body weight/d (kcal/kg/d)***	70.9^a ± 8.3	56.4^b ± 11.2	43.8^c ± 7.27	37.8^c ± 6.7
Minutes in sedentary PA >100 CPM	426.07 ± 138.99	442.33 ± 173.15	513.55 ± 186.37	466.44 ± 156.90
Minutes in light PA 101 - 2295 CPM*	335.64^a ± 95.15	366.87^b ± 98.36	392.57^b ± 115.91	302.18^a ± 98.74
Minutes in moderate PA 2296 - 4011 CPM	18.10 ± 11.21	17.26 ± 8.83	14.90 ± 7.91	16.22 ± 6.89
Minutes in vigorous PA 4012 - ∞ CPM	4.42 ± 6.31	3.65 ± 2.97	1.5 ± 1.2	2.26 ± 1.5
Minutes in moderate to vigorous PA <2296 CPM	22.53 ± 16.5 (4.5-53.5)	20.91 ± 11.2 (5-51.25)	18.6 ± 7.5 (6-28.50)	18.4 ± 7.7 (4.50-33.75)
Steps / day	6406 ± 2805.7 (3087-11,479)	6773 ± 1788 (3250-12,480)	6097 ± 2324.5 (2458-8726)	5969 ± 1786.6 (2322-8512)

^***Significant difference (p < 0.001); *significant difference (p < 0.05)
^a,b,cTukey Post hoc test: means with the same letter indicate no significant difference. Any difference between two means carrying different letters is significant at 5%
For light activity, there was a significant difference; the results of the post-hoc test showed the differences were between the obese group and healthy and underweight groups

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