Table 5.
Nutrition knowledge and acquisition.
| n (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Scores to answering questions on ‘diet can be related to certain diseases.’ | All | Male | Female |
| Low (0–3) | 38 (5.1) | 16 (7.8) | 22 (4.1) |
| Moderate (4–6) | 277 (37.5) | 79 (38.4) | 198 (37.2) |
| High (7 or above) | 423 (57.3) | 111 (53.9) | 312 (58.7) |
| p-value (Chi-square) | 0.1 | ||
| Do you pay attention to dietary and nutrition information? | All | Male | Female |
| Always | 346 (47.8) | 90 (44.6) | 256 (49.0) |
| Sometimes | 250 (34.5) | 68 (33.7) | 182 (34.9) |
| Seldom | 102 (14.1) | 35 (17.3) | 67 (12.8) |
| I don’t know | 26 (3.6) | 9 (4.5) | 17 (3.3) |
| p-value (Chi-square) | 0.3 | ||
Note: non-respondence treated as ‘I don’t know’.