Table 2.
Characteristics of senior high school students (N=444)
| Characteristics | % (444) |
| Dietary habit | |
| Not adequate* | 53.8 (239) |
| Adequate | 46.2 (205) |
| Sex | |
| Female | 65.0 (289) |
| Male | 34.9 (155) |
| Age (Years) | |
| 15 | 12.6 (56 ) |
| 16 | 22.5 (100) |
| 17 | 39.9(133) |
| 18 | 21.6 (96) |
| 19 | 13.3 (59) |
| Mother's education | |
| None | 6 .1(27) |
| Primary | 6.4 (28) |
| Middle/JHS | 27 .2(120) |
| Secondary+ | 60.3 (266) |
| Residential Status | |
| Day | 75.9 (337) |
| Boarding/Hostel | 24.0 (107) |
| Religion | |
| Christianity | 81.9 (364) |
| Moslem | 8.8 (39) |
| Others | 9 .2(41) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Akan | 49.6 (176) |
| Ewe | 18.5 (82) |
| Ga/Dangme | 27.9 (124) |
| Others | 13.9(62) |
| Physical activity score | |
| Low | 16.6 (74) |
| Moderate | 49.3 (219) |
| High | 34.0 (151) |
High = At least 7 days of any combination of walking, moderate-or vigorous-intensity activities accumulating at least 3000 MET-minutes/week; Moderate= At least 5 days of any combination of walking, moderate-intensity or vigorous intensity activities achieving between 600 to 2999 MET-minutes/week; Low= not meeting conditions for high and moderate
*
Students who eat both fresh fruit and vegetables at least twice per day.