Table 3.
Relationship between behavioural factors and daily fruit and vegetable intake controlling for age, marital status, number of children, education, employment, economic status, living area and energy intake among Moroccan women of child-bearing age (20–49 years) from the urban area of Rabat-Salé (n 855)
| Fruit and vegetables (g/d) | Fruit (g/d) | Vegetables (g/d) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean | se | P value | Mean | se | P value | Mean | se | P value | |
| Out-of-home eating occasions (times/week) | ||||||||||
| 0 | 568 | 323 | 14·9 | 143 | 10·2 | 180 | 7·9 | |||
| 1 | 141 | 385 | 28·0 | 0·11 | 193 | 23·4 | 0·43 | 191 | 16·0 | <0·05 |
| ≥2 | 146 | 314 | 18·9 | 165 | 18·9 | 148 | 12·4 | |||
| Skipping at least one of the three main daily meals | ||||||||||
| Yes | 258 | 305 | 17·7 | <0·05 | 153 | 13·8 | 0·46 | 152 | 8·4 | <0·01 |
| No | 597 | 343 | 14·4 | 156 | 10·7 | 187 | 7·1 | |||
| Eating from a shared bowl* | ||||||||||
| Yes | 730 | 332 | 13·8 | 0·13 | 154 | 10·5 | 0·33 | 178 | 6·9 | 0·18 |
| No | 124 | 326 | 26·1 | 164 | 19·7 | 164 | 14·4 | |||
| Processed foods (number/d) | ||||||||||
| 0 | 503 | 334 | 16·2 | 152 | 11·1 | 182 | 9·2 | |||
| 1 | 216 | 332 | 22·3 | 0·05 | 154 | 14·0 | 0·53 | 177 | 12·5 | <0·001 |
| ≥2 | 136 | 323 | 28·9 | 171 | 22·7 | 152 | 11·7 | |||
*
n 854 (one missing value).