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Table 3 Change in children’s eating habits and behavior, by study group

From: Dietary habits and metabolic response improve in obese children whose mothers received an intervention to promote healthy eating: randomized clinical trial

Variables

Intervention (n = 44)

Control (n = 48)

Between groups

pb

Basal (%)

Final (%)

Points (%)

Relative (%)

pa

Basal (%)

Final (%)

Points (%)

Relative %)

pa

Child’s habits at home

 Breakfast

72.7

84.1

11.4

15.7

0.195

81.3

85.4

4.1

5.0

0.584

0.089

Habits at lunchtime

 Putting salt on the table

54.6

27.3

−27.3

−50.0

0.009

62.5

29.2

−33.3

−53.3

0.001

0.752

 Putting sugar on the table

50.0

27.3

−22.7

−45.4

0.029

47.9

29.2

−18.7

−39.0

0.059

0.535

 Putting sweet soft drinks on the table

47.7

20.5

−27.2

−57.0

0.007

37.5

16.7

−20.8

−55.5

0.022

0.885

 Serves the right portion

61.4

93.2

31.8

51.8

< 0.001

61.7

87.2

25.5

41.3

0.005

0.316

 Filling the food plate

29.6

4.6

−25.0

−84.5

0.002

31.9

12.8

−19.1

−59.9

0.026

0.009

 To serve an additional portion

70.5

40.9

−29.6

−42.0

0.005

72.3

36.2

−36.1

−49.9

< 0.001

0.450

 Forcing to finish food

27.3

18.2

−9.1

−33.3

0.309

25.5

23.4

−2.1

−8.2

0.810

0.003

 Accepting food substitutions

36.4

20.5

−15.9

−43.7

0.098

52.2

45.7

−6.5

−12.5

0.532

< 0.001

Frequency of food consumption

 Fried foods (>  3times/wk)

69.1

57.1

−12.0

−17.4

0.296

71.4

59.5

−11.9

−16.7

0.200

0.932

 Roasted foods (daily)

90.1

93.2

3.1

3.4

0.694

82.6

95.7

13.1

15.9

0.041

0.046

 Fruits (daily)

69.6

91.3

21.7

31.2

0.009

68.1

72.3

4.2

6.2

0.652

0.002

 Vegetables (daily)

50.0

71.7

21.7

43.4

0.033

48.9

55.3

6.4

13.1

0.536

< 0.001

Frequency of beverage

 Simple water (daily)

84.4

89.1

4.7

5.6

0.509

91.3

87.0

−4.3

−4.7

0.503

0.310

 Sweetened water prepared at home (>  3 times/wk)

80.0

53.3

−26.7

−33.4

0.007

64.4

44.7

−19.7

−30.6

0.057

0.776

 Natural juice (>  3 times/wk)

37.2

20.5

−16.7

−44.9

0.084

37.2

18.2

−19.0

−51.1

0.047

0.565

 Industrialized juice (>  3 times/wk)

34.1

15.6

−18.5

−54.3

0.043

40.5

20.9

−19.6

−48.4

0.051

0.584

 Soft drinks (>  3 times/wk)

84.4

60.0

−24.4

−28.9

0.010

70.5

53.3

−17.2

−24.4

0.097

0.631

Other habits

 Time to finish food (<  30 min)

70.5

70.5

0.0

0.0

1.000

75.0

66.7

−8.3

−11.1

0.369

0.023

 Children watching TV at mealtime

72.1

46.5

−25.6

−35.5

0.016

57.5

59.6

2.1

3.7

0.834

< 0.001

  1. aPearson X2 test. bEqual proportions test