Table 4.

Dietary behavior of the participants in servings a day

Dietary behavior[servings/day]	Total sample (n = 807) Mean (SD) Median (P25–P75)	Esports players (n = 210) Mean (SD) Median (P25–P75)	Video game players (n = 597) Mean (SD) Median (P25–P75)	p1
Bread/Bunsa	1.6 (1.2)	1.6 (1.1)	1.6 (1.3)	0.83
	1.5 (0.5–2.0)	1.6 (0.6–2.0)	1.5 (0.5–2.0)
Pastab	0.5 (0.6)	0.6 (0.6)	0.5 (0.6)	0.37
	0.4 (0.2–0.6)	0.4 (0.2–0.7)	0.4 (0.2–0.6)
Ricec	0.4 (0.5)	0.5 (0.6)	0.4 (0.5)	0.15
	0.2 (0.1–0.4)	0.2 (0.1–0.4)	0.2 (0.1–0.4)
Cerealsd	0.3 (0.6)	0.3 (0.6)	0.3 (0.6)	0.06
	< 0.1 (0.0–0.4)	0.0 (0.0–0.3)	0.1 (0.0–0.4)
Cornflakesd	0.0 (0.4)	0.2 (0.5)	0.1 (0.4)	1.0
	0.0 (0.0–0.1)	0.0 (0.0–0.1)	0.0 (0.0–0.1)
Fruitse	0.9 (1.0)	0.9 (1.0)	1.0 (1.1)	0.10
	5.0 (0.2–1.1)	0.5 (0.2–1.0)	0.5 (0.2–1.5)
Vegetablese	1.7 (1.6)	1.6 (1.3)	1.7 (1.7)	0.52
	1.5 (0.5–2.4)	1.5 (0.5–2.1)	1.5 (0.5–2.4)
Potatoese	0.6 (0.8)	0.6 (0.9)	0.6 (0.7)	0.42
	0.4 (0.2–0.6)	0.4 (0.2–0.9)	0.4 (0.2–0.6)
Nutsf	0.2 (0.4)	0.2 (0.4)	0.2 (0.4)	0.64
	0.1 (0.0–0.3)	0.1 (0.0–0.2)	0.1 (0.0–0.3)
Red meatg	0.5 (0.6)	0.6 (0.7)	0.5 (0.5)	0.02
	0.2 (0.1–0.6)	0.4 (0.2–0.8)	0.2 (0.1–0.5)
Poultryg	0.4 (0.5)	0.5 (0.6)	0.3 (0.5)	< 0.01
	0.2 (0.1–0.4)	0.2 (0.1–0.5)	0.2 (0.1–0.4)
Fishg	0.1 (0.2)	0.2 (0.3)	0.1 (0.2)	0.08
	0.1 (0.0–0.2)	0.1 (0.0–0.2)	0.1 (0.1–0.8)
Sausageh	1.0 (1.4)	1.1 (1.5)	1.0 (1.4)	0.35
	0.4 (0.0–1.5)	0.4 (0.0–1.6)	0.4 (0.0–1.5)
Cheeseh	0.8 (1.0)	0.7 (1.2)	0.8 (1.0)	0.03
	0.4 (< 0.1–1.0)	0.4 (0.0–1.0)	0.4 (0.1–1.0)
Dairy produtcsj	0.5 (0.8)	0.4 (0.6)	0.6 (0.9)	< 0.01
	0.2 (< 0.1–0.6)	0.2 (0.0–0.5)	0.2 (0.1–0.8)
Fast foodk	0.3 (0.4)	0.3 (0.4)	0.2 (0.4)	< 0.01
	0.2 (0.1–0.3)	0.2 (0.1–0.4)	0.2 (0.1–0.3)
Sweet bakery productsl	0.2 (0.3)	0.2 (0.3)	0.2 (0.3)	< 0.01
	0.1 (0.0–0.2)	0.1 (0.0–0.2)	0.1 (< 0.1–0.2)
Chips & savory snacksm	0.2 (0.4)	0.2 (0.5)	0.2 (0.3)	0.10
	0.1 (0.0–0.2)	0.1 (0.0–0.2)	0.1 (0.0–0.2)
Sweetsn	0.6 (0.8)	0.5 (0.8)	0.6 (0.9)	< 0.01
	0.3 (0.1–0.9)	0.2 (< 0.1–0.5)	0.3 (0.1–1.0)

¹Mann–Whitney U test; 10 participants missing, because of not specifying at least one information of the foods; ^aserving = slice/bun, ^bserving = one plate (100 g raw/200 g cooked), ^cserving = small cup (50 g raw), ^dserving = small bowl (150 g), ^eserving = fist sized piece, ^fserving = handful, ^gserving = filet, ^hserving = slice, ^jserving = cup (150 g), ^kserving = dish, ^lserving = piece, ^mserving = small bowl (125 g), ⁿserving = candy bar (25 g). Bold values shows a significance (p < 0.05)