Self-perception of dietary quality and adherence to food groups dietary recommendations among Mexican adults

Nutrition Journal

Table 2 Sample characteristics by self-perception of dietary quality

	All	Perceived their diet as healthy¹	Perceived their diet as unhealthy	p-value²
	%			p-value²
All	100	60.1	39.9
Sex
Men	46.2	45.8	46.8	0.88
Women	53.8	54.2	53.2	0.88
Age group
20–29 y	24.2	19.9	30.7	0.16
30–39 y	27.8	30.6	23.6
40–49 y	30.2	30.5	29.8
50–59 y	17.8	19.1	16.0
Residence area
Rural	23.0	28.4	14.9	0.00
Urban	77.0	71.6	85.1	0.00
SES
Low	18.2	20.9	14.2	0.22
Medium	26.1	25.8	26.5
High	55.8	53.4	59.4
Education
Low	26.2	30.2	20.1	0.15
Medium	50.1	45.7	56.8
High	23.7	24.2	23.1
BMI
Normal	23.1	26.2	18.6	0.03
Overweight	36.0	39.3	31.0
Obesity	40.9	34.6	50.4
Region
North	19.7	23.5	14.1	0.21
Center	32.1	30.1	35.0
Mexico City	18.0	15.9	21.1
South	30.2	30.5	29.8

¹Answered “yes” from “yes” or “no” options, when asked: “Do you consider that your diet is healthy?”
²Chi-square test comparing distribution of characteristics by self-perction

ISSN: 1475-2891