Table 4

Student's response to questions related to their lifestyle practices including eating habits, meal patterns, fruits and vegetables intake, fried food, alcohol consumptions and smoking habit.



Males
 Females
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

Yahia et al. Nutrition Journal 2008 7:32   doi:10.1186/1475-2891-7-32

Open Data