Healthy-lifestyle behaviors associated with overweight and obesity in US rural children

BMC Pediatrics

Table 5 Odds Ratios of Selected Health Behaviors According to Overweight and Obesity Status Compared to Healthy Weight

Predictor	Being Overweight Unadjusted			Being Overweight Adjusted*			Being Obese Unadjusted			Being Obese Adjusted*
	OR	95%CI	P-value	OR	95%CI	P-value	OR	95%CI	P-value	OR	95%CI	P-value
Vegetable Consumption
< 2servings/day	Ref.	-	-	Ref.	-	-	Ref.	-		Ref.	-
≥2 servings/day	1.6	0.9-3.0	0.10	1.6	0.8-2.9	0.2	1.6	0.98- 2.5	0.06	2.0	1.1-3.4	0.02
Whole Milk
No	Ref.	-	-	Ref.	-	-	Ref.	-	-	Ref.	-	-
Yes	0.7	0.4-1.2	0.2	0.9	0.4-1.8	0.8	0.4	0.2-0.7	<0.001	0.4	0.2-0.7	0.001
Sleep
<10hrs/night	Ref.	-	-	Ref.	-	-	Ref.	-	-	Ref.	-	-
≥10 hrs/night	3.4	1.9-6.0	<0.001	3.7	1.9-7.2	<0.001	1.3	0.8-2.3	0.3	1.3	0.7-2.4	0.3
Ever told by doctor that your child was Overweight/obese?
No	Ref.	-	-	Ref.	-	-	Ref.	-	-	Ref.	-	-
Yes	10.8	2.1- 54.5	0.004	10.2	1.7-59.2	0.009	64.8	15.3-274.0	<0.0001	108.0	21.9-541.6	<0.0001
How often do you and your child talk about fruits and vegetables?
A lot/Sometimes	0.9	0.4- 1.9	0.4	0.9	0.4-2.1	0.8	0.4	0.2- 0.9	0.04	0.4	0.2-0.98	0.04
Not very much/Never	Ref.	-		Ref.	-	-	Ref.	-	-	Ref.	-	-

*All models adjusted for state, race/ethnicity, gender, age, number of members in household and government assistance.

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