Dietary behaviors, physical activity and sedentary lifestyle associated with overweight and obesity, and their socio-demographic correlates, among Pakistani primary school children

Table 5 Logistic regression analysis for association between dietary behaviors, physical activity and sedentary lifestyle among Pakistani primary school children (n = 1860)

	Physical activity > twice a week (n = 988)^a		Sedentary lifestyle > one hour a day (n = 909)^b
Characteristics	Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)^c	Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)^c
Skipping breakfast (n = 141)	0.65 (0.46-0.92)*	0.63 (0.45-0.89)^‡	1.32 (0.94-1.89)	1.35 (0.95-1.92)
Eating fast food and snacks ≥ once a week (n = 798)	1.12 (0.93-1.35)	1.07 (0.88-1.29)	1.80 (1.50-2.18)^†	1.79 (1.49-2.16)^†

^† P < 0.001, ^‡P < 0.01, *P < 0.05
^aPhysical activity included running or jogging, cycling, housework or yard work, and sports involving physical movement (see details in methods)
^bSedentary lifestyle included television viewing, working on computer and playing video games
^cThe model is controlled for age and gender

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