Mediators of longitudinal associations between television viewing and eating behaviours in adolescents

Table 2 Associations between potential mediating variables and adolescent eating behaviours at T2 (outcome variables)

	T2 Energy-dense snack consumption		T2 Energy-dense drink consumption		T2 Fruit consumption
	Unstandardised regression coefficient (95% CI)	P-value	Unstandardised regression coefficient (95% CI)	P-value	Unstandardised regression coefficient (95% CI)	P-value
Potential mediating variables
Eating snacks while watching TV	0.26 (0.21-0.31)	<0.001	0.14 (0.09-0.20)	<0.001	-0.06 (-0.10--0.03)	0.001
Value of TV viewing	0.10 (0.07-0.13)	<0.001	0.11 (0.07-0.15)	<0.001	-0.05 (-0.07--0.03)	<0.001

Linear regression analyses adjusted for gender and year level, and accounting for potential clustering by school (unit of recruitment) using the 'cluster' command.

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