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Table 3 Percentage of healthy behaviours among complete cases at Sessions 1, 5 and 6

From: Changes in health behaviours in adults at-risk of chronic disease: primary outcomes from the My health for life program

 

Session 1

Session 5

Session 6

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Diet index

 Daily fruit intakea

  < 2 serves

5,032 (53.7)

1,716 (29.2)

1,097 (26.5)*

  2 or more serves

4,340 (46.3)

4,168 (70.8)

3,047 (73.5)

 Daily veg. intakea

  < 5 serves

8,447 (90.1)

4,522 (76.8)

3,081 (74.3)*

  5 or more serves

925 (9.9)

1,363 (23.2)

1,064 (25.7)

 Sugar-sweetened drinks

  More than weekly

1,531 (16.3)

559 (9.1)

410 (8.2)*

  Once a week

1,071 (11.4)

715 (11.6)

497 (9.9)

  Less than weekly

6,770 (72.2)

4,869 (79.3)

4,103 (81.9)

 Takeaway

  More than weekly

29 (0.3)

14 (0.2)

6 (0.1)*

  Once a week

3,289 (35.1)

1,416 (23.0)

993 (19.8)

  Less than weekly

6,054 (64.6)

4,726 (76.8)

4,014 (80.1)

Alcohol and smoking index

 Alcohol quantity

  5 or more

3,574 (38.1)

2,371 (38.5)

1,913 (38.2)*

  1–4 drinks

1,584 (16.9)

943 (15.3)

650 (13.0)

  None

4,214 (45.0)

2,840 (46.1)

2,450 (48.9)

 Alcohol frequency

  Daily

203 (2.2)

58 (0.9)

45 (0.9)*

  Weekly or less

9,169 (97.8)

6,096 (99.1)

4,967 (99.1)

 Smoking status

  Current

752 (8.0)

348 (3.9)

301 (3.3)*

  Former

2,248 (24.0)

2,334 (25.9)

2,350 (26.1)

  Never

6,372 (68.0)

6,339 (70.3)

6,362 (70.6)

Physical activity index

 Physical activityb

  Sedentary

1,803 (19.2)

383 (6.5)

549 (10.9)*

  Insufficient for health

4,370 (46.6)

2,104 (35.5)

1,802 (35.8)

  Sufficient for health

3,199 (34.1)

3,433 (58.0)

2,687 (53.3)

  1. aCurrent dietary guidelines recommend a minimum of 2 fruit per day and 5 serves of vegetables [25]
  2. bPhysical activity was defined according to the Australian Physical Activity Guidelines [26] denoting the accumulation of at least 150 min of activity over one week
  3. * p < .01