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. 2015 Feb 28;15:201. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1553-4

Table 2.

Characteristics of focus group participants (Mean ± SD, %, n = 46)

Gender (% of females) 63.0
Age (yrs) 20.7 ± 1.6
Body mass index (BMI) (kg/m2) 22.4 ± 3.6
  Underweight (%) 10.9
  Normal weight (%) 67.4
  Overweight (%) 21.8
Study career (yrs) 3.2 ± 1.0
Study discipline
  Human sciences (%) 67.4
  Exact and applied sciences (%) 13.0
  Biomedical sciences (%) 19.6
Residency (% living in student residence) 54.3
Smoking (% smokers) 8.7
Self-reported health (% reporting poor to very poor health status) 13.1
Perceived physical activity level (% reporting little to no physical activity) 54.3
Perceived eating pattern quality (% reporting poor to very poor eating pattern) 19.5