Differences in overweight and obesity among children whose caregivers had different health-related behaviours
| Health-related behaviours of caregivers | Total (n=1967) | Group | Statistic | P value | |
| Non-overweight/non-obesity (n=1682) | Overweight and obesity (n=285) | ||||
| Frequency of exercise, n (%) | Z=−3.572 | <0.001 | |||
| <1 time/week | 1122 (57.0) | 933 (55.5) | 189 (66.3) | ||
| 1–2 times/week | 545 (27.7) | 478 (28.4) | 67 (23.5) | ||
| ≥3 times/week | 300 (15.3) | 271 (16.1) | 29 (10.2) | ||
| Duration of each exercise session, n (%) | Z=−0.263 | 0.792 | |||
| <30 min | 1115 (56.7) | 952 (56.6) | 163 (57.2) | ||
| 30–60 min | 506 (25.7) | 432 (25.7) | 74 (26.0) | ||
| ≥60 min | 346 (17.6) | 298 (17.7) | 48 (16.8) | ||
| Usually encourages children to exercise, n (%) | χ2=14.001 | <0.001 | |||
| No | 202 (10.3) | 155 (9.2) | 47 (16.5) | ||
| Yes | 1765 (89.7) | 1527 (90.8) | 238 (83.5) | ||
| Frequency of eating desserts, n (%) | Z=−4.300 | <0.001 | |||
| ≤1 time/week | 1312 (66.7) | 1152 (68.5) | 160 (56.1) | ||
| 2–3 times/week | 483 (24.6) | 397 (23.6) | 86 (30.2) | ||
| ≥4 times/week | 172 (8.7) | 133 (7.9) | 39 (13.7) | ||
| Frequency of eating late-night snacks, n (%) | Z=−0.759 | 0.448 | |||
| ≤1 time/week | 1789 (91.0) | 1533 (91.1) | 256 (89.8) | ||
| 2–3 times/week | 136 (6.9) | 116 (6.9) | 20 (7.0) | ||
| ≥4 times/week | 42 (2.1) | 33 (2.0) | 9 (3.2) | ||
| Frequency of eating fast food, n (%) | Z=−3.063 | 0.002 | |||
| ≤1 time/week | 1660 (84.4) | 1436 (85.4) | 224 (78.6) | ||
| 2–3 times/week | 220 (11.2) | 182 (10.8) | 38 (13.3) | ||
| ≥4 times/week | 87 (4.4) | 64 (3.8) | 23 (8.1) | ||
| Usually eats regularly, n (%) | χ2=5.814 | 0.016 | |||
| Yes | 1667 (84.7) | 1439 (85.6) | 228 (80.0) | ||
| No | 300 (15.3) | 243 (14.4) | 57 (20.0) | ||
| Proportion of meat and vegetables in diet, n (%) | Z=−0.500 | 0.617 | |||
| Vegetables>meat | 1526 (77.6) | 1308 (77.8) | 218 (76.5) | ||
| Vegetables=meat | 117 (5.9) | 100 (5.9) | 17 (6.0) | ||
| Vegetables<meat | 324 (16.5) | 274 (16.3) | 50 (17.5) | ||