Table 4 |
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Perceived Work Environment and Attitudes About Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Among 1092 Metropolitan Transit Workers |
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Body Mass Index Category |
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Total |
<25 |
>= 25 < 30 |
>= 30 |
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Survey Data |
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N |
1092 |
132 |
343 |
617 |
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Perceived access at work (hard to get at work; agree; %) |
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Fruit/vegetables |
51.9 |
48.9 |
52.9 |
51.9 |
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Physical activity |
61.7 |
52.7 |
56.7 |
66.3A** |
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Perceived information at work (lots of information at work: agree; %) |
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Healthy eating |
32.6 |
33.2 |
34.5 |
31.4 |
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Physical activity |
33.7 |
35.9 |
36.3 |
31.7 |
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Weight Management |
26.6 |
28.9 |
29.0 |
24.7 |
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Perceived easy to do at workplace (agree: %) |
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Healthy eating |
15.8 |
17.8 |
18.5 |
13.8 |
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Physical activity |
30.3 |
33.2AB |
36.8B |
25.9A** |
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Weight management |
18.5 |
27.5 |
24.9 |
13.0A*** |
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Perceived social support |
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(1 = not at all supportive; 5 = very supportive) (m,se) |
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Healthy Food Choices |
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Family |
3.1(.05) |
2.7 (.15)A |
3.1 (.09) |
3.2 (.07)** |
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Friend |
2.3 (.05) |
2.0 (.15) |
2.4 (.09) |
2.3 (.07) |
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Co-worker |
1.6 (.05) |
1.5 (.14) |
1.6 (.08) |
1.6 (.06) |
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Physical Activity |
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Family |
3.0 (.05) |
2.8 (.15) |
3.0 (.09) |
3.0 (.07) |
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Friend |
2.3 (.05) |
2.1 (.15) |
2.3 (.09) |
2.3 (.07) |
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Co-worker |
1.5 (.05) |
1.3 (.13) |
1.6 (.08) |
1.6 (.06) |
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Weight Management |
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Family |
2.8 (.05) |
2.2 (.16)A |
2.6 (.10)B |
3.0 (.07)C*** |
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Friend |
2.0 (.05) |
1.5 (.15)A |
2.0 (.09) |
2.1 (.07)** |
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Co-worker |
1.4 (.04) |
1.1 (.13) |
1.3 (.08) |
1.4 (.06) |
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Perceived Importance for Health (agree; %) |
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Food choices |
83.7 |
88.1 |
82.9 |
83.2 |
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Physical activity |
90.6 |
93.0 |
91.0 |
89.8 |
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Weight management |
80.8 |
67.7A |
80.9 |
83.5*** |
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Perceived Personal Importance for Health (agree; %) |
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Eat fewer calories |
44.5 |
26.6A |
40.6B |
50.4C*** |
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Be more physically active |
67.9 |
67.8 |
72.9 |
65.2 |
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Manage weight |
65.5 |
49.0A |
65.6 |
69.0*** |
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Perceived Weight Concerns (m; se) |
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Pounds gain to notice |
10.3 (.44) |
9.4 (1.3) |
10.4 (.79) |
10.5 (.60) |
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Pounds gain to take action |
16.4 (.73) |
18.7 (2.1) |
15.4 (1.3) |
16.7 (1.0) |
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Weight concern (notice – take action) |
-6.3 (.59) |
-9.4 (1.7) |
-4.9 (1.0) |
-6.5 (.82) |
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Note. Means adjusted for age, gender, race, income, education and marital status. m = mean. se = standard error. ***p < .001 **p < .01 *p < .05 Different superscripts indicate significantly different means by post hoc comparison p < .05. |
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French et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2007 4:52 doi:10.1186/1479-5868-4-52 |
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