The integrated role of multiple healthy weight behaviours on overweight and obesity among adolescents: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 Multinomial logistic regression examining association between healthy weight behaviours and obesity overweight status by age, sex, SSS, parental educational attainment and ethnicity

Characteristics	Obese		Overweight
Characteristics	AOR	95% CI	AOR	95% CI
Healthy weight behaviours
MVPA
< 60 mins	1.45*	(1.05–1.99)	1.23	(0.96–1.58)
≥ 60 mins	1.00		1.00
Screen Time
> 2 h	1.14	(0.88–1.47)	1.15	(0.98–1.36)
≤ 2 hours	1.00		1.00
Fruit and vegetable consumption
< 5/day	0.87	(0.66–1.15)	1.20	(0.93–1.56)
≥ 5 day	1.00		1.00
Sleep
Inadequate^a	1.08	(0.79–1.47)	1.06	(0.90–1.25)
Adequate^b	1.00		1.00
Demographics
Age	0.96	(0.87–1.06)	0.99	(0.92–1.07)
Sex
Male	2.08***	(1.58–2.74)	1.47***	(1.20–1.82)
Female	1.00		1.00
Subjective Social Status^c	0.90**	(0.83–0.97)	0.97	(0.92–1.03)
Parental Educational Attainment
High School or Less	1.93***	(1.38–2.71)	1.16	(0.91–1.50)
Some Post-Secondary	1.12	(0.69–1.83)	1.06	(0.67–1.68)
University or College	1.00		1.00
Ethnicity
White	1.00		1.00
Black	1.58	(0.89–2.82)	1.12	(0.79–1.58)
Asian	0.97	(0.70–1.35)	0.92	(0.75–1.13)
Other	1.04	(0.74–1.47)	1.05	(0.83–1.32)
Model Fit Statistics
AIC	1,066,222.90
BIC	1,066,236.70
2 Log L	1,066,218.90

Notes: Reference category for obese and overweight is not overweight or obese; AOR = Adjusted Odds Ratio; 95% CI = 95% Confidence Interval; ^aInadequate sleep = Less than 9–11 h (11–13 year olds), less than 8–10 h or more than 10 h (14–17 year olds) ^bAdequate sleep = 9–11 h (11–13 year olds), 8–10 h (14–17 year olds); ^cSubjective Social Status, as measured using the MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status (Scale from 1 to 10 *P-value< 0.05; **P-value< 0.01; ***P-value< 0.001

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