Assessing junk food consumption among Australian children: trends and associated characteristics from a cross-sectional study

Boylan, S; Hardy, L. L.; Drayton, B. A.; Grunseit, A.; Mihrshahi, S.

doi:10.1186/s12889-017-4207-x

Table 3 2015 JFIM tertile prevalence by demographics and health related behaviours

From: Assessing junk food consumption among Australian children: trends and associated characteristics from a cross-sectional study

	Younger Children					Older children
		JFIM tertile					JFIM tertile
		Low	Middle	High			Low	Middle	High
Characteristic	n	%	%	%	P-value	n	%	%	%	P-value
Boys	1638	33.9	33.2	32.9	0.14	1737	39.4	31.8	28.8	0.72
Girls	1851	32.9	36.4	30.7		1718	40.8	30.4	28.9
Socioeconomic tertile
Low	679	25.4	35.8	38.8	0.02	979	37.8	29.3	32.9	0.07
Middle	1174	33.6	34.1	32.3		1232	41.3	30.6	28.1
High	1636	36.7	34.9	28.3		1244	40.9	33.3	25.9
Cultural background
English-speaking	3054	34.4	34.8	30.8	<0.001	2996	40.3	31.7	28.0	0.07
European	53	48.8	25.3	25.9		47	47.4	29.7	23.0
Middle Eastern	137	10.2	37.7	52.1		113	34.6	21.4	44.0
Asian	216	29.0	37.4	33.6		265	38.4	29.5	32.1
Locality
Urban	2677	32.7	34.6	32.6	0.47	2613	39.6	30.9	29.5	0.57
Rural	812	35.7	35.6	28.6		842	41.3	31.8	27.0
Meets fruit recommendations
No	808	24.3	35.4	40.3	<0.001	634	31.6	32.8	35.6	<0.001
Yes	2659	36.1	34.7	29.2		2706	41.8	30.6	27.6
Meets vegetable serve recommendation
No	3362	33.4	34.4	32.3	0.01	2975	38.6	31.6	29.8	0.003
Yes	84	37.7	46.0	16.3		368	48.1	28.1	23.9
Takeaways ≥3/week
No	3431	33.8	34.9	31.3	<0.001	3345	40.8	31.3	27.9	<0.001
Yes	44	1.4	25.4	73.2		81	8.8	20.9	70.3
Eat breakfast daily
No	435	22.1	35.8	42.1	<0.001	1144	36.0	33.0	30.9	0.01
Yes	3031	34.9	34.6	30.4		2266	42.1	30.2	27.7
Eats dinner in front of the TV
No	2980	35.9	35.3	28.8	<0.001	2767	42.8	32.2	25.0	<0.001
Yes	490	19.1	32.5	48.4		655	28.4	27.1	44.5
Sweets as a reward for good behaviour
Rarely/never	1440	44.9	31.2	23.9	<0.001	1750	51.4	27.8	20.7	<0.001
Sometimes	1812	27.3	38.5	34.2		1433	30.2	35.5	34.3
Usually	216	10.1	30.1	59.8		193	10.6	26.0	63.4
Unrestricted snacking at home
Yes	3097	14.6	30.6	54.8	<0.001	1759	28.8	33.0	38.2	<0.001
No	371	35.5	35.4	29.1		1616	51.3	29.0	19.7
Soft drinks available in the home
Rarely/never	2290	42.0	35.2	22.8	<0.001	1504	53.5	27.0	19.6	<0.001
Sometimes	937	17.0	36.4	46.6		1355	33.1	36.1	30.8
Usually	235	14.5	24.9	60.6		527	22.3	28.7	49.0
Has TV in the bedroom
No	2985	35.4	35.1	29.5	<0.001	2401	42.0	31.6	26.4	<0.001
Yes	480	21.4	33.8	44.8		976	35.4	29.8	34.9
Meets physical activity recommendation
No	2588	32.5	34.9	32.5	0.04	2793	39.7	32.0	28.2	0.02
Yes	845	36.9	33.8	29.2		422	43.9	24.7	31.3
Meets screen time recommendation (weekdays)
No	1317	21.3	32.7	45.9	<0.001	1838	32.9	31.9	35.2	<0.001
Yes	2148	40.8	36.1	23.0		1591	48.9	30.3	20.8
Meets screen time recommendation (weekend days)
No	2896	29.1	36.4	34.5	<0.001	2548	35.8	32.9	31.3	<0.001
Yes	550	54.4	27.3	18.3		836	54.2	25.9	19.9

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