Table 2.
Frequency of food consumption for sample grouped by frequency of canteen use (n = 742)a
| Dietary habits | NEVb | SEL | OFT | P valuec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Fruit | |||||
| < 5 times/week | 346 | 225 (46.4) | 72 (51.5) | 49 (52.7) | |
| ≥ 5 times/week | 373 | 260 (53.6) | 69 (48.9) | 44 (47.3) | 0.40 |
| Vegetables (raw, incl. salad) | |||||
| < 5 times/week | 410 | 264 (54.9) | 87 (61.7) | 59 (63.4) | |
| ≥ 5 times/week | 305 | 217 (45.1) | 54 (38.3) | 34 (36.6) | 0.16 |
| Vegetables (cooked, not incl. potatoes) | |||||
| < 5 times/week | 461 | 301 (62.3) | 96 (68.6) | 64 (68.8) | |
| ≥ 5 times/week | 255 | 182 (37.7) | 44 (31.4) | 29 (31.2) | 0.25 |
| Chocolate/sweets | |||||
| < 3 times/week | 549 | 378 (77.9) | 106 (75.2) | 65 (70.7) | |
| ≥ 3 times/week | 169 | 107 (22.1) | 35 (24.8) | 27 (29.3) | 0.30 |
| Salty snacks | |||||
| < 3 times/week | 619 | 424 (88.5) | 123 (87.9) | 72 (78.3) | |
| 3 times/week | 92 | 55 (11.5) | 17 (12.1) | 20 (21.7) | < 0.03 |
| Baked sweets | |||||
| < 3 times/week | 641 | 440 (90.7) | 127 (92.0) | 74 (80.4) | |
| ≥ 3 times/week | 74 | 45 (9.3) | 11 (8.0) | 18 (19.6) | 0.007 |
| Soft-drinksd | |||||
| < 3 times/week | 648 | 446 (92.1) | 128 (91.4) | 74 (80.4) | |
| ≥ 3 times/week | 68 | 38 (7.9) | 12 (8.6) | 18 (19.6) | 0.002 |
| Eat breakfast homed | |||||
| < 5 times/week | 227 | 136 (28.0) | 49 (34.5) | 42 (45.2) | |
| 5 times/week | 493 | 349 (72.0) | 93 (65.5) | 51 (54.8) | 0.003 |
aDiscrepancies in size from sample total may exist owing to missing values
bNEV: adolescents never or rarely using the school canteen (n = 485); SEL: adolescents using the school canteen once a week (n = 142); OFT: adolescents using the school canteen ≥2 times a week (n = 93)
cChi-square test between frequency of canteen use groups
dEvaluated on the Monday-Friday school week