Excessive recreational computer use and food consumption behaviour among adolescents

Table 2 Logistic Regressions of Food Consumption among Adolescents in California (N = 4029)

	Eating fast food yesterday	High-sugar food more than once yesterday	Sugary drink more than once yesterday	> 5 servings of fruit/vegetable yesterday
	Odds Ratios	Odds Ratios	Odds Ratios	Odds Ratios
Gender (female = 1)	0.91	1.15*	0.61**	0.98
Age	1.05**	0.98	1.09**	0.89**
Parental Education
Less than high school	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
High school	1.17	0.95	1.20	0.85
Some college	1.17	0.89	0.98	0.76**
College graduate	0.73*	1.02	0.63**	1.25*
Race/Ethnicity
White	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Latino	1.54**	0.91	1.37**	0.90
Black	1.46**	1.22	1.63**	0.64**
Asian	1.18	0.84	0.77	1.36**
American Indian	1.13	1.20	1.31*	1.03
Pacific Islander	1.45	0.83	0.73	0.70
Other	1.34*	1.05	1.53**	0.77*
Below poverty line	0.87	1.05	0.77*	1.07
Born in the US	1.02	1.06	1.29	0.93
Living with two parents	1.01	1.10	0.86	1.19*
TV > 3 hrs weekday	1.38**	1.20	1.41**	0.64**
Computer > 3 hrs weekday	1.11	1.08	1.38*	0.68**
TV > 3 hrs weekend day	1.09	1.50**	1.43**	0.80**
Computer > 3 hrs weekend day	1.20	1.02	1.21	0.78*

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