Munch and Move: evaluation of a preschool healthy eating and movement skill program

Table 2 Regression coefficients for behavioural outcomes

Outcome	Baseline		Follow-up		Difference at follow up¹
	Intervention (n = 207)	Control (n = 127)	Intervention (n = 213)	Control (n = 134)	Adjusted I-C difference (95%CI)²	P value
*Fundamental movement skills (mean scores SD)*
Locomotor score	23.1 (6.9)	21.3 (6.5)	25.2 (6.6)	22.1 (6.6)	3.41 (0.77, 6.05)	0.01
Object control score	20.0 (6.3)	19.0 (5.7)	22.8 (5.4)	20.7 (5.7)	2.07 (0.76, 3.41)	0.003
Total FMS score	43.3 (10.5)	40.5 (9.1)	48.0 (9.9)	42.8 (9.9)	5.33 (1.95, 8.71)	0.003
*Lunchbox items (mean serves SD)*	(n = 168)	(n = 91)	(n = 137)	(n = 71)
Fruit serves	1.0 (0.9)	1.0 (0.8)	0.9 (1.0)	1.0 (0.9)	-0.05 (-0.36, 0.26)	0.75
Vegetables serves	0.03 (0.2)	0.12 (0.4)	0.14 (0.5)	0.15 (0.5)	0.12 (-0.05, 0.30)	0.16
Snack serves	1.35 (1.3)	0.83 (1.1)	1.40 (1.4)	0.94 (1.2)	0.06 (-0.34, 0.46)	0.75
Sweetened drink serves³	0.49 (0.7)	0.55 (0.6)	0.41 (0.5)	0.52 (0.5)	-0.13 (-0.27, 0.002)	0.05
Total extra food/drink serves	1.78 (1.5)	1.31 (1.3)	1.77 (1.5)	1.42 (1.4)	-0.6 (-0.45, 0.33)	0.76
Lunch boxes containing > 1 serve of extra food/drink (%)					Odds ratio (95% CI) ⁴	P value
Extra foods > 1 serve (%)	49.4	29.7	51.4	37.5	0.90 (0.48, 1.70)	0.74
Extra drinks > 1 serve (%)	11.9	14.3	6.8	9.1	0.52 (0.12, 2.19)	0.53
Extra food/drink > 1 serve (%)	61.9	50.5	62.8	48.9	0.86 (0.43, 1.74)	0.67
Lunchbox categories (%)
Balanced (%)	29.8	39.5	29.1	39.8	0.85 (0.32, 2.25)	0.72
Overloaded with extras (%)	39.2	34.1	34.5	36.4	0.74 (0.33, 1.65)	0.72
Unbalanced (%)	31.1	26.4	36.5	23.9	1.18 (0.44, 3.14)	0.72

¹ The models for the differences between intervention and control groups were adjusted for baseline values, sex, SES, English-speaking background and clustering of preschools; ²GLM; ³Sweetened drinks = 100% fruit juice, fruit juice, soft drinks and colored drinks; ⁴Logistic regression models.

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