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. 2021 Mar 25;24(17):5704–5709. doi: 10.1017/S1368980021001294

Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics of the study sample and factors measured (n 2010)

Categorical variables n %
Gender – males 991 49
Had a child <18 years 593 30
BMI – overweight/obese (≥25 kg/m2) 886 56
Met fruit intake guidelines (≥2 servings/d) 1036 54
Met vegetable intake guidelines (≥5 servings/d) 222 11
Met MVPA guidelines (≥150 min/week) 834 41
Drink alcohol at long-term risk level (>2 standard drinks/d) 147 7
Smoking regularly 322 16
Drink alcohol at short-term risk level (>4 standard drinks/d) 730 36
Frequency of online meal delivery service use in previous month
  None 1454 72
  1–3 times a month 363 18
  ≥4 times a month 193 10
Continuous variables Mean sd
Age (in years) 46·60 17·37
Education (1 – ≤Year 11 to 7 – ≥postgraduate diploma) 4·19 2·04
Annual household income (1 – ≤9999/year to 5 – ≥$125 000/year) 3·52 1·05
Fast-food intake (d/week) 1·03 1·36
Sugary drinks intake (d/week) 1·77 2·26
Sleep adequacy (1 – rarely to 5 – daily) 3·19 1·41
Self-rated health (1 – poor to 5 – excellent) 3·00 0·93
Enjoy preparing food (1 – strongly disagree to 5 – strongly agree) 3·64 1·05
Level of confidence preparing food (1 – strongly disagree to 5 – strongly agree) 3·45 1·05
Level of confidence preparing a nutritious meal (1 – strongly disagree to 5 – strongly agree) 3·93 0·88
Had dietary requirements related to health and/or weight loss reasons – Yes 536 27

MVPA, moderate and vigorous physical activity.