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Table 6 Physical activity and leisure activities assessed at baseline and at the end of the study in the intervention and control groups

From: A primary-school-based study to reduce the prevalence of childhood obesity – the EdAl (Educació en Alimentació) study: a randomized controlled trial

 

Intervention group

Control group

 

Baseline (%)

End of study (%)

P value

Baseline (%)

End of study (%)

P value

Intervention vs control ( P value)

Television and/or video games

 

0–1 hours/day

7.9

6.8

 

8.2

9.4

  

1–2 hours/day

42.4

40.5

 

46.0

42.8

  

2–3 hours/day

33.3

34.1

 

33.3

32.1

  

3–4 hours/day

10.4

12.7

 

7.7

11.1

  

4–5 hours/day

3.9

3.5

 

3.8

3.4

  

>5 hours/day

1.9

2.5

0.06

1.1

1.3

0.39

0.59

After-school physical activity

0–1 hours/week

24.9

18.8

 

21.2

20.8

  

1–2 hours/week

9.3

11.4

 

10.2

9.6

  

2–3 hours/week

25.2

20.8

 

24.4

22.1

  

3–4 hours/week

17.9

16.4

 

19.5

18.8

  

4–5 hours/week

11.2

12.9

 

11.0

14.1

  

>5 hours/week

11.4

19.7

<0.001

13.2

14.6

0.21

0.02

Leisure-time activity

 

Park or garden, daily

61.4

62.7

0.63

61.7

64.6

0.24

0.52

Park or garden, weekend

52.9

52.6

0.94

44.2

45.9

0.44

0.51

Sport with father >3 hours/week

29.5

35.1

<0.001

34.4

36.5

0.01

0.47

Sport with mother (>3 hours/week

22.1

26.1

<0.001

26.3

28.9

0.06

0.43

  1. The AVall Questionnaire is about lifestyles, and includes hours of television watched, physical activity after school and leisure-time activities [22]. This questionnaire was filled in by parents twice during the study (at baseline and at the end of the study).