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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of the children by school year and intervention allocation

From: The feasibility and acceptability of a primary school-based programme targeting diet and physical activity: the PhunkyFoods Programme

 

Year 2

Year 4

All

Control

Intervention

Control

Intervention

Control

Intervention

Number of pupils

91

97

79

91

170

188

Age of pupils (years)

6.3 (0.5)

6.2 (0.4)

8.3 (0.5)

8.3 (0.5)

7.2 (1.1)

7.2 (1.1)

Male (%)

48.4

51.6

54.4

50.6

51.2

51.1

Ethnicity (%)

 White British

68.1

75.3

63.3

72.5

65.9

73.9

 Pakistani

16.5

18.6

20.3

19.8

18.2

19.2

 Gypsy/Roma

8.8

0.0

10.1

0.0

9.4

0.0

Weight (%)

 Underweight

0.0

0.0

0.0

3.5

0.0

1.7

 Healthy weight

70.9

81.9

76.0

77.9

73.3

80.0

 Overweight

10.5

6.4

10.7

5.8

10.6

6.1

 Obese

18.6

11.7

13.3

12.8

16.1

12.2

BMI SDS

0.5 (1.2)

0.1 (1.1)

0.3 (1.2)

0.2 (1.1)

0.2 (1.2)

0.2 (1.1)

  1. Data are mean and (SD) or percentages
  2. SDS standard deviation scores, Underweight ≤ 2nd centile, healthy weight > 2–< 85th centile, Overweight ≥ 85th–≥ 95th centile, Obese ≥ 95th centile