Table 4 Parental Reported Health Behaviors of children in the Healthy, Overweight and Obese Categories
From: Healthy-lifestyle behaviors associated with overweight and obesity in US rural children
n,% | All children | Healthy weight | Overweight | Obese |
|---|---|---|---|---|
On a typical school day does your child eat breakfast | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes at home | 124 (34.4) | 69 (35.0) | 24 (41.4) | 31 (29.3) |
Yes, at school | 229 (63.4) | 125 (63.5) | 32 (55.2) | 72 (67.9) |
No, my child does not eat breakfast | 8 (2.2) | 3 (1.5) | 2 (3.5) | 3 (2.8) |
How many times in the past week family meal together | Â | Â | Â | Â |
≤3 times/week | 186 (47.5) | 106 (48.9) | 33 (52.4) | 47 (42.0) |
>3 times/week | 206 (52.6) | 111 (51.2) | 30 (47.6) | 65 (58.0) |
Do you have a TV in your bedroom? | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 325 (81.5) | 186 (85.3) | 50 (75.7) | 89 (77.4) |
No | 74 (18.6) | 32 (14.7) | 16 (24.2) | 26 (22.6) |
Is there a TV where your child sleeps? | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 270 (68.8) | 155 (71.4) | 37 (57.8) | 78 (70.3) |
No | 122 (31.1) | 62 (28.6) | 27 (42.2) | 33 (29.7) |
Number of TV's in the household | Â | Â | Â | Â |
1 | 74 (18.7) | 38 (17.5) | 16 (24.2) | 20 (17.9) |
2 | 226 (57.2) | 130 (59.9) | 32 (48.5) | 64 (57.1) |
≥3 | 95 (24.1) | 49 (22.6) | 18 (27.3) | 28 (25.0) |
Child Participate in After School Program? | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 112 (29.2) | 58 (27.1) | 21 (33.3) | 33 (30.8) |
No | 272 (70.8) | 156 (72.9) | 42 (63.7) | 74 (69.2) |
It is safe for my child to play outdoors w/out adult | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Strongly disagree/Somewhat Disagree | 244 (63.5) | 136 (64.2) | 38 (60.3) | 70 (64.2) |
Neutral | 40 (10.4) | 26 (12.3) | 6 (9.5) | 8 (7.3) |
Somewhat agree/Strongly Agree | 100 (26.0) | 50 (23.6) | 19 (30.2) | 31 (28.4) |
How often do you encourage your child to be physically active | Â | Â | Â | Â |
A lot | 247 (62.7) | 141 (65.9) | 36 (54.6) | 70 (61.4) |
Sometimes | 126 (32.0) | 61 (28.5) | 25 (37.9) | 40 (35.1) |
Rarely | 15 (3.8) | 9 (4.2) | 2 (3.0) | 4 (3.5) |
Never | 6 (1.5) | 3 (1.4) | 3 (4.6) | 0 |
How often do you and your child do something active together?* | Â | Â | Â | Â |
A lot | 130 (32.8) | 79 (36.7) | 16 (24.2) | 35 (30.4) |
Sometimes | 222 (56.1) | 104 (48.4) | 45 (68.2) | 73 (63.5) |
Rarely | 37 (9.3) | 26 (12.1) | 5 (7.6) | 6 (5.2) |
Never | 7 (1.8) | 6 (2.8) | 0 | 1 (0.8) |
How often do you and your child talk about fruits and vegetables?* | Â | Â | Â | Â |
A lot | 151 (38.2) | 81 (37.7) | 19 (28.8) | 51 (44.7) |
Sometimes | 185 (46.8) | 96 (44.7) | 36 (54.6) | 53 (46.5) |
Rarely | 42 (10.6) | 23 (10.7) | 10 (15.2) | 9 (7.9) |
Never | 17 (4.3) | 15 (7.0) | 1 (1.5) | 1 (0.9) |
Has your child's doctor ever told you that your child is overweight or obese?* | Â | Â | Â | Â |
No | 341 (87.0) | 212 (99.1) | 59 (90.8) | 70 (61.9) |
Yes | 51 (13.0) | 2 (0.9) | 6 (9.2) | 43 (38.1) |