The analysis of the degree of 10–13-year-old children’s nutrition, dietary habits and physical activity in the selected rural and urban areas of Silesian Province (Poland)

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Table 7 The correlation between BMI and the frequency of meal consumption depending on age and sex

Body mass index (BMI)
Girls
		10 years old (n = 90)	11 years old (n = 71)	12 years old (n = 65)	13 years old (n = 32)
The frequency of meal consumption
Breakfast	Spearman’s rho	− 0.03	0.14	− 0.10	− 0.36
Breakfast	significance	0.776	0.221	0.389	0.038
Packed lunch	Spearman’s rho	− 0.19	0.14	− 0.17	− 0.22
Packed lunch	significance	0.060	0.218	0.160	0.235
Dinner	Spearman’s rho	− 0.06	0.19	–	–
Dinner	significance	0.527	0.092	–	–
Supper	Spearman’s rho	0.08	0.12	− 0.07	− 0.06
Supper	significance	0.422	0.277	0.585	0.729
Boys
		10 years old (n = 96)	11 years old (n = 51)	12 years old (n = 65)	13 years old (n = 32)
The frequency of meal consumption
Breakfast	Spearman’s rho	− 0.03	0.16	0.26	0.11
Breakfast	significance	0.748	0.256	0.025	0.539
Packed lunch	Spearman’s rho	− 0.08	0.15	− 0.12	− 0.29
Packed lunch	significance	0.427	0.286	0.334	0.101
Dinner	Spearman’s rho	0.09	–	− 0.01	–
Dinner	significance	0.327	–	0.910	–
Supper	Spearman’s rho	0.04	− 0.08	0.16	0.09
Supper	significance	0.664	0.564	0.171	0.604