Table 3.

Type and frequency of food consumed by Bahraini adolescents

Frequency of eating different food/week	Total		Male		Female		P-value*
	N	%	n	%	n	%
Fruits
Daily	186	25.3	95	51.1	91	48.9	0.000
1–3 times	238	32.4	115	48.3	123	51.7
4–6 times	107	14.6	60	56.1	47	43.9
Rarely	203	27.7	68	33.5	135	66.5	0.001
Vegetables/salad
Daily	193	26.3	102	52.8	91	47.2	0.125
1–3 times	192	26.1	89	46.4	103	53.6
4–6 times	70	9.5	31	44.3	39	55.7
Rarely	280	38.1	117	41.8	163	58.2
Milk and dairy products
Daily	273	37.1	129	47.3	144	52.7	0.017
1–3 times	198	26.9	92	46.5	106	53.5
4–6 times	100	13.6	57	57.0	43	43.0
Rarely	164	22.3	61	37.2	103	62.8
Meat
Daily	147	20.0	84	57.1	63	42.9	0.000
1–3 times	305	41.5	134	43.9	171	56.1
4–6 times	125	17.0	67	53.6	58	46.4
Rarely	158	21.5	54	34.2	104	65.8
Fish
Daily	51	6.9	31	60.8	20	39.2	0.003
1–3 times	284	38.6	135	47.5	149	52.5
4–6 times	114	15.5	62	54.4	52	45.6
Rarely	286	38.9	111	38.8	175	61.2
Chicken
Daily	134	18.2	74	55.2	60	44.8	0.067
1–3 times	364	49.5	154	42.3	210	57.7
4–6 times	172	23.4	83	48.3	89	51.7
Rarely	65	8.8	28	43.1	37	56.9
Lentil/beans
Daily	30	4.1	15	50.0	15	50.0	0.841
1–3 times	172	23.4	80	46.5	92	53.5
4–6 times	74	10.1	37	50.0	37	50.0
Rarely	459	62.4	207	45.1	252	54.9
Nuts
Daily	56	7.6	24	42.9	32	57.1	0.144
1–3 times	198	26.9	95	48.0	103	52.0
4–6 times	67	9.1	39	58.2	28	41.8
Rarely	414	56.3	181	43.7	233	56.3
Canned fruit juice
Daily	176	23.9	66	37.5	110	62.5	0.053
1–3 times	206	28.0	104	50.5	102	49.5
4–6 times	125	17.0	57	45.6	68	54.4
Rarely	228	31.0	112	49.1	116	50.9

^*Chi-square test, the p-value indicates the comparison between males and females.