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. 2025 Apr 8;32(17):11097–11113. doi: 10.1007/s11356-025-36342-2

Table 1.

Key information on the municipal police officers

Ceske Budejovice Prague Ostrava
February–March 2019 September–October 2019 February–March 2019 September–October 2019 February–March 2019 September–October 2019
Number of participants 17 16 60 56 56 54
Agea 38 38 38 39 42 42
(22–48) (22–48) (23–63) (23–63) (21–61) (21–61)
BMIa 28 28 29 29 28 28
(23–41) (23–41) (19–37) (19–37) (20–45) (20–45)
Duration of time spent in current job (years)a 7.8 (0.8–26.6) 16.0 (0.8–26.8) 11.5 (1.0–25.9)
Residency in the region of study city (years/age)a 1.0 (0.2–1.0) 0.3 (0.0–1.0) 1.0 (0.6–1.0)
Preferred dietb Plant-based 0% 0% 0%
Meat-based 24% 17% 7%
Mixed 76% 83% 93%
Preferred food preparationb Boiling/steaming 18% 30% 32%
Frying/barbequing 6% 2% 5%
No preference/all type above 76% 65% 66%
Preferred style of cookingb Gas/electric cooker 100% 100% 98%
Stove 0% 0% 2%

BMI body mass index

aMedian (min–max)

b% of participants (from first round)