Table 3.
Type of consumed junk food products by age and test of equality for column proportions (z-test).
| Type of Consumed Junk Food Products | BMI | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Underweight (a) |
Normal Weight (b) |
Overweight (c) |
Obese (d) |
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| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Hamburgers | 44 | 26.2 | 211 | 19.2 | 60 | 19.5 | 37 | 25.5 |
| Hot dogs | 12 | 7.1 | 36 | 3.3 | 15 | 4.9 | 10 | 6.9 |
| French fries | 94 c | 56.0 | 519 | 47.3 | 127 | 41.2 | 66 | 45.5 |
| Shawarma | 24 | 14.3 | 138 | 12.6 | 54 | 17.5 | 30 b | 20.7 |
| Packaged sandwiches | 18 | 10.7 | 143 | 13.00 | 47 | 15.3 | 14 | 9.7 |
| Chips | 67 b,c,d | 39.9 | 266 | 24.2 | 56 | 18.2 | 30 | 20.7 |
| Snacks | 62 b,c,d | 36.9 | 296 | 27.0 | 61 | 19.8 | 26 | 17.9 |
| Pastries | 96 b,c,d | 57.1 | 451 | 41.1 | 114 | 37.0 | 51 | 35.2 |
| Other packaged sweets | 26 | 15.5 | 172 | 15.7 | 40 | 13.0 | 22 | 15.2 |
| Candies | 51 c | 30.4 | 279 | 25.4 | 57 | 18.5 | 29 | 20.0 |
| Ice cream | 27 | 16.1 | 140 | 12.8 | 46 | 14.9 | 35 b | 24.1 |
| Other sweets | 60 c,d | 35.7 | 318 | 29.0 | 73 | 23.7 | 27 | 18.6 |
| Chewing gum | 65 | 38.7 | 375 | 34.2 | 103 | 33.4 | 39 | 26.9 |
| Sweetened carbonated drinks | 75 b,c | 44.6 | 327 | 29.8 | 101 | 32.8 | 62 | 42.8 |
| Sweetened soft drinks | 45 b,c,d | 26.8 | 196 | 17.9 | 48 | 15.6 | 19 | 13.1 |
| Energizing drinks | 16 | 9.5 | 102 | 9.3 | 34 | 11.0 | 19 | 13.1 |
| Coffee | 94 | 56.0 | 678 | 61.7 | 210 a | 68.2 | 97 | 66.9 |
| Do not consume | 15 | 8.9 | 103 | 9.4 | 25 | 8.1 | 19 | 13.1 |
Values in the same row not sharing the same superscript were significantly different at p < 0.05 in the two-sided test of equality for column proportions (z-test). Tests were adjusted for all pairwise comparisons within a row of each innermost sub-table using the Bonferroni correction.