Table 4.

Fast food intake of Bahraini adolescents

Fast food intake	Total		Male		Female		P-value*
	N	%	n	%	n	%
Frequency of eating fast food/week
Daily	106	14.4	52	49.1	54	50.9	.327
1–3 times	277	37.7	132	47.7	145	52.3
4–6 times	139	18.9	68	48.9	71	51.1
Rarely or not	213	29.0	87	40.8	126	59.2
Frequency of eating fast food outside home/week
Never	133	18.1	49	36.8	84	63.2	0.000
Once	153	20.8	55	35.9	98	64.1
Twice	171	23.3	66	38.6	105	61.4
Three times	131	17.8	76	58.0	55	42.0
Four times +	147	20.0	93	63.3	54	36.7
Frequency of eating fast food inside home/week
Never	126	17.2	77	61.1	49	38.9	0.006
One time	136	18.5	60	44.1	76	55.9
Two times	166	22.6	75	45.2	91	54.8
Three times	101	13.8	44	43.6	57	56.4
Four times +	205	27.9	83	40.5	122	59.5
Size of burger preferred
Don't eat	62	8.4	25	40.3	37	59.7	0.000
Regular	506	68.8	208	41.1	298	58.9
Large	167	22.7	106	63.5	61	36.5
Size of chips preferred
Don't eat	90	12.2	52	57.8	38	42.2	0.002
Regular	465	63.3	191	41.1	274	58.9
Large	179	24.4	95	53.1	84	46.9
Soft drinks
Daily	310	42.2	175	56.5	135	43.5	0.000
1–3 times	130	17.7	50	38.5	80	61.5
4–6 times	91	12.4	45	49.5	46	50.5
Rarely or not	204	27.8	69	33.8	135	66.2
Size of soft drinks preferred
Don't drink	85	11.6	45	52.9	40	47.1	0.036
Small	270	36.7	114	42.2	156	57.8
Medium	268	36.5	117	43.7	151	56.3
Large	112	15.2	63	56.3	49	43.8
Intake of sweets/week
Daily	231	31.4	86	37.2	145	62.8	0.003
1–3 times	193	26.3	93	48.2	100	51.8
4–6 times	105	14.3	47	44.8	58	55.2
Rarely	206	28.0	113	54.9	93	45.1
Intake of chocolates/week
Daily	239	32.5	85	35.6	154	64.4	0.000
1–3 times	191	26.0	92	48.2	99	51.8
4–6 times	95	12.9	45	47.4	50	52.6
Rarely	210	28.6	117	55.7	93	44.3

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