Clinical Study
Eating Behaviors and Overweight among Adolescents: A Population-Based Survey in Japan
Table 2
Characteristics of the nonoverweight and the overweight girls among study participants.
| Variables | Nonoverweight () | Overweight () | valuea |
| Age (years) | 12.0 (12.36) | 12.0 (12.37) | 0.757 | Birthweight (g) | | | | <2500 | 7.3 | 1.7 | <0.001 | 2500–2999 | 35.7 | 29.3 | | 3000–3499 | 44.0 | 47.1 | | 3500–3999 | 11.9 | 16.1 | | 4000+ | 1.1 | 5.8 | | Only child (%) | 8.2 | 11.2 | 0.175 | Parent's obesity (%) | | | | None | 67.4 | 41.8 | <0.001 | Father only | 21.9 | 25.5 | | Mother only | 8.2 | 23.4 | | Father and mother | 2.5 | 9.2 | | Exercise (%) | | | | None | 26.4 | 38.5 | <0.001 | Sometimes | 13.5 | 20.7 | | Daily | 60.1 | 40.8 | | Sleeping hours (%) | | | | 9.0+ | 15.5 | 12.5 | 0.610 | 8.0–8.9 | 50.7 | 50.7 | | 7.0–7.9 | 29.5 | 33.6 | | <7.0 | 4.2 | 3.3 | | Skipping breakfast (%) | 7.2 | 11.8 | 0.033 | Snack after dinner (%) | | | | Seldom or none | 43.0 | 41.5 | 0.700 | Always or often | 57.0 | 58.5 | | Eating speed (%) | | | | Fast | 11.7 | 18.4 | 0.010 | Medium | 62.4 | 63.1 | | Slow | 25.3 | 18.4 | | Eating until full (%) | 53.3 | 50.8 | 0.541 |
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Except where indicated percentage (%), values are median (mean). Chi-square test or Wilcoxon rank-sum test.
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