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Children\u2019s behavioural data were reported by their parents and children\u2019s weight and height measured by trained fieldworkers. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression analyses were performed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980015001937_abs3\" sec-type=\"general\"><jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title><jats:p>Primary schools in Bulgaria, Lithuania, Portugal and Sweden; paediatric clinics in the Czech Republic.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980015001937_abs4\" sec-type=\"subjects\"><jats:title>Subjects<\/jats:title><jats:p>Nationally representative samples of 6\u20139-year-olds (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> 15 643).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980015001937_abs5\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>All thirteen risk behaviours differed statistically significantly across countries. Highest prevalence estimates of risk behaviours were observed in Bulgaria and lowest in Sweden. Not having breakfast daily and spending screen time \u22652 h\/d were clearly positively associated with obesity. The same was true for eating \u2018foods like pizza, French fries, hamburgers, sausages or meat pies\u2019 &gt;3 d\/week and playing outside &lt;1 h\/d. Surprisingly, other individual unhealthy eating or less favourable physical activity behaviours showed either no or significant negative associations with obesity. 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