Table 6 Participants response for eating, drinking and smoking habits questionnaire.
From: Obesity and eating habits among college students in Saudi Arabia: a cross sectional study
Questions Asked | Answer Levels | Total (Percent) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Q1. Do you take your meals regularly? | A. | Always regular | N = 131 (36.7%) |
| Â | B. | Irregular | N = 226 (63.3%) |
Q2. Do you take breakfast? | A. | Daily | N = 178 (49.9%) |
| Â | B. | Three or four times per week | N = 138 (38.7%) |
| Â | C. | Once or twice per week | N = 29 (8.1%) |
| Â | D. | Rarely | N = 12 (3.4%) |
Q3. How many times do you eat meals except snacks? | A. | One time | N = 40 (11.2%) |
| Â | B. | Two times | N = 199 (55.7%) |
| Â | C. | Three times | N = 112 (31.4%) |
| Â | D. | Four times | N = 6 (1.7%) |
Q4. How often do you take snacks apart from regular meals? | A. | Daily | N = 113 (31.7%) |
| Â | B. | Three or four times per week | N = 89 (24.9%) |
| Â | C. | Once or twice per week | N = 85 (23.8%) |
| Â | D. | Rarely | N = 70 (19.6%) |
Q5. How often do you eat green, red or yellow colored vegetables? | A. | Daily | N = 40 (11.2%) |
| Â | B. | Three or four times per week | N = 87 (24.4%) |
| Â | C. | Once or twice per week | N = 115 (32.2%) |
| Â | D. | Rarely | N = 115 (32.2%) |
Q6. How often do you eat dates?* | A. | Daily | N = 129 (36.1%) |
| Â | B. | Three or four times per week | N = 87 (24.4%) |
| Â | C. | Once or twice per week | N = 68 (19.0%) |
| Â | D. | Rarely | N = 73 (20.4%) |
Q7. How often do you eat fruits except dates?* | A. | Daily | N = 16 (4.5%) |
| Â | B. | Three or four times per week | N = 68 (19.0%) |
| Â | C. | Once or twice per week | N = 144 (40.3%) |
| Â | D. | Rarely | N = 129 (36.1%) |
Q8. How often do you eat fried food? | A. | Daily | N = 46 (12.9%) |
| Â | B. | Three or four times per week | N = 121 (33.9%) |
| Â | C. | Once or twice per week | N = 123 (34.5%) |
| Â | D. | Rarely | N = 67 (18.8%) |
Q9. How often do you eat with family? | A. | Daily | N = 237 (66.4%) |
| Â | B. | Three or four times per week | N = 75 (21.0%) |
| Â | C. | Once or twice per week | N = 36 (10.1%) |
| Â | D. | Rarely | N = 9 (2.5%) |
Q10. What type of food do you think you should eat to have a balanced nutrition? | A. | Mainly meat | N = 55 (15.4%) |
| Â | B. | Mainly vegetables | N = 66 (18.5%) |
| Â | C. | Meat, vegetables and other varieties of food | N = 213 (59.7%) |
| Â | D. | Others | N = 23 (6.4%) |
Q11. Please state your smoking history? | A. | Current smoker | N = 32 (9.0%) |
| Â | B. | Ex-smoker | N = 15 (4.2%) |
| Â | C. | Never smoke | N = 310 (86.8%) |
Q12. Did you ever drink alcohol? | A. | Yes | N = 15 (4.2%) |
| Â | B. | Never | N = 342 (95.8%) |