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Table 3 Change in Year 10 peer leaders’ intentions for the next month regarding energy balance-related behaviors (%, 95% CI; n = 415)

From: Evaluation of a peer education program on student leaders’ energy balance-related behaviors

Intentions

Before SALSA

(%, 95%CI)

After SALSA

(%, 95%CI)

Changeb

(%, 95%CI)

P value

To eat ≥2 fruit serves/day

72.6 (66.1–78.2)

81.5 (77.2–85.2)

8.5 (2.9–11.4) a

<0.01a

To eat ≥5 vegetable serves/day

16.9 (13.3–21.3)

29.5 (25.6–33.6)

15.1 (11.8–18.4) a

<0.01a

To eat breakfast daily

67.6 (60.9–73.7)

77.1 (70.2–82.8)

8.3 (5.1–11.5) a

<0.01a

To reduce recreational screen-time

36.6 (32.5–40.9)

45.7 (39.9–51.6)

9.7 (3.2–16.1) a

<0.01a

To be more physically active

79.5 (75.1–83.3)

83.1 (79.1–86.5)

3.4 (−0.8–7.5)

0.110

  1. aStatistically significant improvement (P < 0.05). bDue to a strong school-level clustering effect, the % change may differ from expected