Table 1.

Characteristics of participants of heath, adult and community education professionals

Characteristic (n = 277)	n	%	Mean	SD
Adult education	29	10	–	–
Community education	24	8.7	–	–
Health professional	224	81	–	–
Age	277	–	33.1	11.1
Body mass index	277	–	25.5	5.6
Female	183	66.1	–	–
Meal provision (n = 277)
Most of the time	205	74	–	–
Sometimes	41	14.8	–	–
About half of the time	21	7.6	–	–
Rarely	8	2.9	–	–
Never	2	0.7	–	–
Highest education (health) (n = 224)
Postgraduate	63	28.1	–	–
Bachelor degree	111	49.6	–	–
Trade certificate/diploma	43	19.2	–	–
Year 12	5	2.2	–	–
Year 11	1	0.5	–	–
Year 10	1	0.5	–	–
Years practising (health) (n = 224)
< 3 years	66	29.5	–	–
3–5 years	55	245.6	–	–
5–10 years	49	21.8	–	–
> 10 years	54	24.1	–	–
Health disciplines (n = 224)
Nursing	83	37.1	–	–
Medical	16	7.6	–	–
Allied health assistants	26	11.6	–	–
Physiotherapy	14	6.2	–	–
Occupational therapy	9	4.0	–	–
Dietetics	3	1.3	–	–
Speech pathology	2	0.9	–	–
Podiatry	1	0.5	–	–
Psychology	9	4.0	–	–
Social work	12	5.4	–	–
Exercise physiology	3	1.3	–	–
Pharmacy	10	4.5	–	–
Medical imaging	8	3.6	–	–
Dentistry and oral health	15	6.7	–	–
Other	13	5.8	–	–
Years practising (education) (n = 53)
< 3 years	18	34	–	–
3–5 years	26	49.1	–	–
5–10 years	8	15.1	–	–
> 10 years	1	1.9	–	–
Highest education (adult education) (n = 29)
Postgraduate	13	44.8	–	–
Bachelor degree	13	44.8	–	–
Trade certificate/diploma	3	10.3	–	–
Highest education community education (n = 24)
Postgraduate	4	16.7	–	–
Bachelor degree	10	41.67	–	–
Trade certificate/diploma	5	20.8	–	–
Year 12	3	12.5	–	–
Year 11	1	4.1	–	–
Year 10	1	4.1	–	–