Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the sample stratified by site
Country (site) | n (% female) | Age (y) | BMI z-score | Highest level of parental education (%)a | 3-category breakfast definition (%)a | 2-category breakfast definition (%)a | Time spent in each PA intensity (min/day) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
High | Medium | Low | Rare | Occasional | Frequent | <Daily | Daily | Sedentary | Light | Moderate | Vigorous | MVPA | ||||
Australia (Adelaide) | 477 (54) | 10.3 (0.5) | 0.59 (1.12) | 11.3 | 46.8 | 41.9 | 6.1 | 12.6 | 81.3 | 26.0 | 74.0 | 477 (60) | 310 (48) | 43 (13) | 23 (12) | 65 (23) |
Brazil (Sao Paulo) | 448 (51) | 10.0 (0.5) | 0.88 (1.43) | 23.9 | 53.8 | 22.3 | 16.1 | 24.1 | 59.8 | 50.5 | 49.6 | 501 (68) | 338 (53) | 42 (17) | 18 (11) | 59 (26) |
Canada (Ottawa) | 516 (59) | 10.0 (0.4) | 0.41 (1.20) | 1.9 | 26.4 | 71.7 | 3.1 | 10.1 | 86.8 | 21.5 | 78.5 | 512 (63) | 304 (45) | 42 (12) | 17 (9) | 59 (19) |
China (Tianjin) | 495 (48) | 9.4 (0.5) | 0.72 (1.53) | 33.3 | 44.9 | 21.8 | 4.0 | 13.5 | 82.4 | 28.3 | 71.7 | 565 (68) | 293 (54) | 33 (11) | 13 (7) | 45 (16) |
Colombia (Bogotá) | 855 (51) | 10.0 (0.6) | 0.20 (1.04) | 30.6 | 51.4 | 18.0 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 95.8 | 5.6 | 94.4 | 500 (67) | 333 (49) | 50 (17) | 18 (10) | 68 (25) |
Finland (Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa) | 470 (54) | 10.0 (0.4) | 0.26 (1.05) | 2.8 | 55.1 | 42.1 | 1.5 | 10.4 | 88.1 | 18.7 | 81.3 | 529 (67) | 293 (44) | 48 (15) | 23 (14) | 71 (26) |
India (Bangalore) | 546 (54) | 10.0 (0.6) | 0.22 (1.37) | 5.1 | 21.8 | 73.1 | 14.5 | 15.9 | 69.6 | 37.9 | 62.1 | 517 (66) | 340 (51) | 36 (14) | 13 (8) | 49 (21) |
Kenya (Nairobi) | 501 (54) | 9.8 (0.7) | 0.01 (1.22) | 14.4 | 45.9 | 39.7 | 4.2 | 17.0 | 78.8 | 27.2 | 72.9 | 495 (66) | 330 (52) | 49 (20) | 23 (14) | 72 (31) |
Portugal (Porto) | 619 (57) | 10.0 (0.3) | 0.86 (1.15) | 45.2 | 33.9 | 20.8 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 94.0 | 14.2 | 85.8 | 553 (61) | 302 (50) | 39 (13) | 17 (10) | 56 (22) |
South Africa (Cape Town) | 398 (60) | 9.8 (0.7) | 0.33 (1.29) | 47.0 | 38.9 | 14.1 | 11.8 | 22.6 | 65.6 | 49.5 | 50.5 | 489 (66) | 322 (53) | 46 (17) | 18 (10) | 64 (25) |
U.K. (Bath and North East Somerset) | 429 (56) | 10.4 (0.5) | 0.39 (1.09) | 3.0 | 50.4 | 46.6 | 5.1 | 14.0 | 80.9 | 28.7 | 71.3 | 495 (59) | 286 (46) | 43 (13) | 21 (12) | 64 (22) |
U.S. (Baton Rouge) | 474 (59) | 9.5 (0.6) | 0.72 (1.28) | 6.1 | 41.8 | 52.1 | 9.9 | 17.3 | 72.8 | 41.8 | 58.2 | 521 (61) | 314 (51) | 35 (11) | 15 (9) | 50 (19) |
All sites | 6228 (55) | 9.9 (0.6) | 0.45 (1.26) | 19.6 | 42.5 | 37.9 | 6.3 | 12.6 | 81.2 | 27.1 | 72.9 | 513 (69) | 315 (53) | 43 (16) | 18 (11) | 60 (25) |