Table 1.
Participants’ characteristics and actual mean intakes of junk food (JF) and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) over the 4 d mobile food record; young adults aged 18–30 years, Perth, Western Australia, Connecting Health and Technology study
| Men (n 85) | Women (n 161) | Total sample (n 246) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | |
| Age (years) | 24·6 | 3·3 | 24·2 | 3·4 | 24·3 | 3·4 |
| Height (m) | 1·78 | 0·1 | 1·65 | 0·1 | 1·7 | 0·1 |
| Weight (kg) | 78·7 | 15·1 | 65·6 | 15·6 | 70·1 | 16·6 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 24·7 | 4·4 | 24·1 | 5·8 | 24·3 | 5·4 |
| Dietary intake | ||||||
| SSB* | 0·5 | 0·6 | 0·5 | 0·6 | 0·5 | 0·6 |
| JF* | 3·3 | 2·0 | 3·1 | 1·4 | 3·2 | 1·7 |
| JF+SSB | 3·8 | 2·3 | 3·6 | 1·8 | 3·7 | 2·0 |
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Education level | ||||||
| Year 10, 11 or 12 | 32 | 38 | 56 | 35 | 88 | 36 |
| Trade or diploma | 29 | 34 | 31 | 19 | 60 | 24 |
| University degree or higher | 24 | 28 | 74 | 46 | 98 | 40 |
*
One serving of JF or SSB=600 kJ (e.g. 1 serving=375 ml SSB, 1 serving=25 g chocolate).