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Table 2 The frequency of eating outside of participants

From: The association between frequency of eating out with overweight and obesity among children aged 6–17 in China: a National Cross-sectional Study

Variables

Total

Eating-out (times/ week)

χ2

P

0

1–2

≥3

N

N(%)

N(%)

N(%)

Total

15,261

11,724 (76.8)

1668 (10.9)

1869 (12.3)

  

Gender

3.47

0.177

 Boys

7685

5887 (50.2)

822 (49.3)

976 (52.2)

  

 Girls

7576

5837 (49.8)

846 (50.7)

893 (47.8)

  

Age (years)

98.52

< 0.001

 6–12

9436

7491 (63.9)

956 (57.3)

989 (52.9)

  

 13–17

5825

4233 (36.1)

712 (42.7)

880 (47.1)

  

Region

1127.52

< 0.001

 Urban

3987

2455 (20.9)

696 (41.7)

838 (44.7)

  

 Suburban

4164

2996 (25.6)

551 (33.0)

617 (33.0)

  

 Rural

5053

4455 (38.0)

253 (15.2)

345 (18.5)

  

 Poor rural

2057

1818 (15.5)

168 (10.1)

71 (3.8)

  

Family income

362.46

< 0.001

 Low

9156

7469 (63.7)

773 (46.4)

914 (48.9)

  

 Medium

2348

1645 (14.0)

331 (19.8)

372 (19.9)

  

 High

672

386 (3.3)

147 (8.8)

139 (7.4)

  

 Unknown

3085

2224 (19.0)

417 (25.0)

444 (23.8)

  

Leisure exercise

285.49

< 0.001

 No

8831

7219 (61.6)

767 (46.0)

845 (45.2)

  

 Yes

6430

4505 (38.4)

901 (54.0)

1024 (54.8)

  

Leisure SB

150.01

< 0.001

  ≤ 2 h/d

5880

4824 (41.2)

526 (31.5)

530 (28.4)

  

  > 2 h/d

9381

6900 (58.8)

1142 (68.5)

1339 (71.6)

  

BMI status

35.34

< 0.001

 Obesity

1622

1212 (10.3)

189 (11.3)

221 (11.8)

  

 Overweight

2015

1499 (12.8)

231 (13.9)

285 (15.3)

  

 Normal

10,692

8238 (70.3)

1181 (70.8)

1273 (68.1)

  

 Underweight

932

775 (6.6)

67 (4.0)

90 (4.8)