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Table 2 Nutritional intake and leisure time activities of study participants

From: Dietary pattern and leisure time activity of overweight and normal weight children in Germany: sex-specific differences

 

All

Girls

Boys

 

OW

NW

All

OW

NW

All

OW

NW

n

94

51

78

54

24

67

40

27

Energy (kcal/d)

1876 ± 418

1934 ± 490

1792 ± 366

1786 ± 330

1806 ± 445

2017 ± 495a

1997 ± 492

2048 ± 507

Carbohydrate (g/d)

231 ± 57

248 ± 66

225 ± 50

223 ± 49

228 ± 52

252 ± 68a

243 ± 64

265 ± 72b

Protein (g/d)

62.7 ± 17.1

59.4 ± 19.3

57.7 ± 16.5

59.1 ± 15.6

54.4 ± 18.2

66.0 ± 18.6a

67.5 ± 18.1c

63.8 ± 19.5

Fat (g/d)

77.0 ± 23.1

77.4 ± 26.6

72.4 ± 21.2

71.8 ± 18.7

73.9 ± 26.6

82.6 ± 26.6a

84.0 ± 26.7

80.6 ± 26.8

Sportive activities (h/week)

14.1 ± 7.8

14.3 ± 7.1

14.2 ± 7.9

14.2 ± 8.0

14.1 ± 7.7

14.2 ± 7.2

14.0 ± 7.7

14.5 ± 6.7

Sedentary activities (h/week)

22.4 ± 12.0

17.0 ± 10.5d

22.2 ± 11.8

23.4 ± 11.8

19.4 ± 11.5

18.6 ± 11.5a

21.2 ± 12.3

14.8 ± 9.1e

  1. Values are means ± SD. ap < 0.05 in comparison to all girls. bp < 0.05 in comparison to normal weight girls. cp < 0.05 in comparison to OW girls. dp < 0.05 in comparison to all OW children. ep < 0.05 in comparison to OW boys. OW, overweight, NW, normal weight.