Table 3.

Frequency of meal skipping among adolescents according to year level, sex and region

Meal	Total	Year level			Gender			Region
n = 3,250		7	9		Male	Female		Metro	Non-Metro
Breakfast							**			**
Skips	20	19	21		16	23		21	17
Eats	80	81	79		84	77		79	83
Lunch							*
Skips	12	11	12		10	13		12	10
Eats	88	89	88		90	87		88	90
Dinner
Skips	2	2	2		2	2		3	1
Eats	98	98	98		98	98		97	99

Values are presented as %

Skips = skips a meal most days or every day

Eats = skips a meal once-twice a week or less

* p ≤ 0.01, ** p ≤ 0.001. Pearson's chi square test of significance.