From: Eating habits and obesity among Lebanese university students
Males | Females | ||||||
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Questions | Levels | Total N= | N= | % | N= | % | P Value |
Do you take your meals regularly? | Always regular | 135 | 62 | 64.6 | 73 | 58.9 | > 0.05 |
Irregular | 85 | 34 | 35.4 | 51 | 41.1 | ||
Do you take breakfast? | Daily | 70 | 31 | 32.3 | 39 | 31.5 | > 0.05 |
Three or four times per week | 46 | 19 | 19.8 | 27 | 21.8 | ||
Once or twice per week | 37 | 18 | |||||
rarely | 67 | 28 | 29.2 | 39 | 31.5 | ||
How many times do you eat meals except snacks? | One time | 17 | 8 | 8.3 | 19 | 15.3 | = 0.001 |
Two times | 116 | 46 | 47.9 | 70 | 56.5 | ||
Three times | 55 | 24 | 25 | 31 | 25 | ||
Four times | 22 | 18 | 18.8 | 4 | 3.2 | ||
How often do you take snacks apart from regular meals? | Daily | 117 | 48 | 50 | 69 | 55.6 | > 0.05 |
Three or four times per week | 45 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 17.7 | ||
Once or twice per week | 35 | 13 | 13.5 | 22 | 17.7 | ||
rarely | 23 | 12 | 12.5 | 11 | 8.9 | ||
How often do you eat green, red or yellow colored vegetables? | Daily | 67 | 28 | 29.2 | 39 | 31.5 | > 0.05 |
Three or four times per week | 68 | 26 | 27.1 | 42 | 33.9 | ||
Once or twice per week | 55 | 26 | 27.1 | 29 | 23.4 | ||
rarely | 30 | 16 | 16.7 | 14 | 11.3 | ||
How often do you eat fruits? | Daily | 60 | 28 | 29.2 | 32 | 25.8 | > 0.05 |
Three or four times per week | 48 | 19 | 19.8 | 29 | 23.4 | ||
Once or twice per week | 60 | 27 | |||||
rarely | 52 | 22 | 22.9 | 30 | 24.2 | ||
How often do you eat fried food? | Daily | 42 | 20 | 20.8 | 22 | 17.7 | > 0.05 |
Three or four times per week | 84 | 39 | 40.6 | 45 | 36.3 | ||
Once or twice per week | 60 | 24 | 25 | 36 | 29 | ||
rarely | 34 | 13 | 13.5 | 21 | 16.9 | ||
How often do you eat with friends and family? | Daily | 94 | 41 | 42.7 | 53 | 42.7 | > 0.05 |
Three or four times per week | 75 | 33 | 34.4 | 42 | 33.9 | ||
Once or twice per week | 46 | 18 | 18.8 | 28 | 22.6 | ||
rarely | 5 | 4 | 4.2 | 1 | 0.8 | ||
What type of food do you think you should eat to have a balanced nutrition? | Mainly meat | 19 | 9 | 9.4 | 10 | 8.1 | > 0.05 |
Mainly vegetables | 25 | 8 | 8.3 | 17 | 13.7 | ||
Meat, vegetables and other variety of foods | 164 | 74 | 77.1 | 90 | 72.6 | ||
others | 12 | 5 | 5.2 | 7 | 5.6 | ||
How often do you drink alcohol? | Two or three times per week | 39 | 21 | 21.9 | 18 | 14.5 | > 0.05 |
Never | 56 | 25 | 26 | 31 | 25 | ||
Rarely | 125 | 50 | 52.1 | 75 | 60.5 | ||
Please state your smoking history | Current smoker | 67 (30.3%) | 33 | 34.4 | 34 | 27.2 | > 0.05 |
Ex-smoker | 16 (7.2%) | 9 | 9.4 | 7 | 5.6 | ||
Never smoke | 138 (62.4%) | 54 | 56.3 | 84 | 67.2 |