Table 4 |
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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. |
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Males |
Females |
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Questions |
Levels |
Total N= |
N= |
% |
N= |
% |
P Value |
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Do you take your meals regularly? |
Always regular |
135 |
62 |
64.6 |
73 |
58.9 |
> 0.05 |
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Irregular |
85 |
34 |
35.4 |
51 |
41.1 |
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Do you take breakfast? |
Daily |
70 |
31 |
32.3 |
39 |
31.5 |
> 0.05 |
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Three or four times per week |
46 |
19 |
19.8 |
27 |
21.8 |
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Once or twice per week |
37 |
18 |
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rarely |
67 |
28 |
29.2 |
39 |
31.5 |
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How many times do you eat meals except snacks? |
One time |
17 |
8 |
8.3 |
19 |
15.3 |
= 0.001 |
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Two times |
116 |
46 |
47.9 |
70 |
56.5 |
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Three times |
55 |
24 |
25 |
31 |
25 |
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Four times |
22 |
18 |
18.8 |
4 |
3.2 |
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How often do you take snacks apart from regular meals? |
Daily |
117 |
48 |
50 |
69 |
55.6 |
> 0.05 |
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Three or four times per week |
45 |
23 |
24 |
22 |
17.7 |
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Once or twice per week |
35 |
13 |
13.5 |
22 |
17.7 |
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rarely |
23 |
12 |
12.5 |
11 |
8.9 |
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How often do you eat green, red or yellow colored vegetables? |
Daily |
67 |
28 |
29.2 |
39 |
31.5 |
> 0.05 |
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Three or four times per week |
68 |
26 |
27.1 |
42 |
33.9 |
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Once or twice per week |
55 |
26 |
27.1 |
29 |
23.4 |
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rarely |
30 |
16 |
16.7 |
14 |
11.3 |
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How often do you eat fruits? |
Daily |
60 |
28 |
29.2 |
32 |
25.8 |
> 0.05 |
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Three or four times per week |
48 |
19 |
19.8 |
29 |
23.4 |
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Once or twice per week |
60 |
27 |
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rarely |
52 |
22 |
22.9 |
30 |
24.2 |
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How often do you eat fried food? |
Daily |
42 |
20 |
20.8 |
22 |
17.7 |
> 0.05 |
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Three or four times per week |
84 |
39 |
40.6 |
45 |
36.3 |
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Once or twice per week |
60 |
24 |
25 |
36 |
29 |
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rarely |
34 |
13 |
13.5 |
21 |
16.9 |
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How often do you eat with friends and family? |
Daily |
94 |
41 |
42.7 |
53 |
42.7 |
> 0.05 |
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Three or four times per week |
75 |
33 |
34.4 |
42 |
33.9 |
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Once or twice per week |
46 |
18 |
18.8 |
28 |
22.6 |
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rarely |
5 |
4 |
4.2 |
1 |
0.8 |
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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 |
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Mainly vegetables |
25 |
8 |
8.3 |
17 |
13.7 |
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Meat, vegetables and other variety of foods |
164 |
74 |
77.1 |
90 |
72.6 |
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others |
12 |
5 |
5.2 |
7 |
5.6 |
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How often do you drink alcohol? |
Two or three times per week |
39 |
21 |
21.9 |
18 |
14.5 |
> 0.05 |
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Never |
56 |
25 |
26 |
31 |
25 |
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Rarely |
125 |
50 |
52.1 |
75 |
60.5 |
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Please state your smoking history |
Current smoker |
67 (30.3%) |
33 |
34.4 |
34 |
27.2 |
> 0.05 |
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Ex-smoker |
16 (7.2%) |
9 |
9.4 |
7 |
5.6 |
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Never smoke |
138 (62.4%) |
54 |
56.3 |
84 |
67.2 |
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Yahia et al. Nutrition Journal 2008 7:32 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-7-32 |
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