Table 2 Dietary and physical activity habits of Ghanaian children 9–15 years
From: Lipid profile and dyslipidemia among school-age children in urban Ghana
|  | Normal-weight (n = 409) | Overweight/obese1 (n = 393) | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | ||
Dietary habits | |||||
 Skip breakfast | 100 | 23.3 | 112 | 29.9 | 0.069 |
 Access to soft drinks at home | 133 | 31.0 | 121 | 32.4 | 0.681 |
 Breakfast < 3 days/week | 37 | 8.6 | 53 | 14.2 | 0.013 |
 Sweetened drink ≥3 times/week | 370 | 86.2 | 317 | 84.4 | 0.550 |
 Fruit consumption (3 times/week) | 132 | 30.8 | 118 | 31.6 | 0.811 |
 Vegetable consumption (3 times/week) | 166 | 38.7 | 146 | 39.0 | 0.921 |
Physical activity | |||||
 Transport to school ≥3 days/week | 210 | 49.0 | 224 | 59.9 | 0.002 |
 Household chores > 5 times/week | 279 | 65.0 | 246 | 65.8 | 0.826 |
 Any sporting activity ≥3 times/week | 138 | 32.2 | 82 | 21.9 | 0.001 |
Sedentary behavior | |||||
 Watch television ≥5 times/week | 293 | 68.3 | 242 | 64.9 | 0.305 |
 Watch television in morning before school | 48 | 11.2 | 39 | 10.4 | 0.729 |