Table 3.
BMI Category | Total Group | Girls | Boys | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Having breakfast every day before leaving for school | ||||||
Underweight | 422 | 59.44 | 256 | 55.65 | 166 | 66.40 |
Normal | 6567 | 60.99 | 3302 | 56.28 | 3265 | 66.62 |
Overweight | 908 | 55.64 | 407 | 52.38 | 501 | 58.60 |
Obesity | 502 | 53.98 | 212 | 47.53 | 290 | 59.92 |
p value | 0.0000 1 | 0.0012 2 | 0.0000 3 | |||
V Cramer | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.06 | |||
Consuming fresh fruit every day (at least one serving) | ||||||
Underweight | 360 | 50.70 | 233 | 50.65 | 127 | 50.80 |
Normal | 6108 | 56.72 | 3467 | 59.09 | 2641 | 53.89 |
Overweight | 994 | 60.91 | 499 | 64.22 | 495 | 57.89 |
Obesity | 606 | 65.16 | 305 | 68.39 | 301 | 62.19 |
p value | 0.0000 1 | 0.0000 2 | 0.0006 3 | |||
V Cramer | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.05 | |||
Consuming vegetables every day (at least two servings) | ||||||
Underweight | 334 | 47.04 | 214 | 46.52 | 120 | 48.00 |
Normal | 5086 | 47.23 | 2828 | 48.20 | 2258 | 46.07 |
Overweight | 799 | 48.99 | 384 | 49.42 | 415 | 48.59 |
Obesity | 457 | 49.14 | 230 | 51.57 | 227 | 46.90 |
p value | 0.4228 | 0.4139 | 0.5479 | |||
V Cramer | ||||||
Drinking milk or milk beverages (yoghurt / kefir / butter milk, etc.) every day | ||||||
Underweight | 392 | 55.21 | 233 | 50.65 | 159 | 63.60 |
Normal | 6538 | 60.72 | 3266 | 55.68 | 3272 | 66.76 |
Overweight | 1000 | 61.27 | 429 | 55.21 | 571 | 66.78 |
Obesity | 545 | 58.67 | 241 | 54.04 | 304 | 62.94 |
p value | 0.0174 1 | 0.2010 | 0.2830 | |||
V Cramer | 0.03 | |||||
Consuming whole-grained bread every day | ||||||
Underweight | 285 | 40.14 | 177 | 38.48 | 108 | 43.20 |
Normal | 4522 | 42.00 | 2547 | 43.42 | 1975 | 40.30 |
Overweight | 713 | 43.69 | 352 | 45.30 | 361 | 42.22 |
Obesity | 440 | 47.31 | 224 | 50.22 | 216 | 44.63 |
p value | 0.0059 1 | 0.0031 2 | 0.1984 | |||
V Cramer | 0.03 | 0.04 | ||||
Consuming fish at least once a week | ||||||
Underweight | 323 | 45.49 | 193 | 41.96 | 120 | 52.00 |
Normal | 5356 | 49.75 | 2632 | 44.88 | 2176 | 55.59 |
Overweight | 849 | 52.02 | 370 | 47.62 | 376 | 56.02 |
Obesity | 493 | 53.01 | 216 | 48.43 | 207 | 57.23 |
p value | 0.0071 1 | 0.1157 | 0.5947 | |||
V Cramer | 0.03 | |||||
Drinking sugared soft drinks few times a week | ||||||
Underweight | 435 | 61.27 | 260 | 56.52 | 175 | 70.00 |
Normal | 6140 | 57.02 | 2943 | 50.16 | 3197 | 65.23 |
Overweight | 901 | 55.21 | 361 | 46.46 | 540 | 63.16 |
Obesity | 499 | 53.66 | 199 | 44.62 | 300 | 61.98 |
p value | 0.0096 1 | 0.0007 2 | 0.1098 | |||
V Cramer | 0.03 | 0.05 | ||||
Consuming sweets more than once a day | ||||||
Underweight | 403 | 56.76 | 272 | 59.13 | 131 | 52.40 |
Normal | 4900 | 45.51 | 2751 | 46.89 | 2149 | 43.85 |
Overweight | 572 | 35.05 | 278 | 35.78 | 294 | 34.39 |
Obesity | 280 | 30.14 | 127 | 28.54 | 153 | 31.61 |
p value | 0.0000 1 | 0.0000 2 | 0.0000 3 | |||
V Cramer | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.09 | |||
Consuming fast food (e.g., chips, burgers etc.) more than two times a week | ||||||
Underweight | 187 | 26.34 | 115 | 25.00 | 72 | 28.80 |
Normal | 2311 | 21.46 | 1090 | 18.58 | 1221 | 24.92 |
Overweight | 274 | 16.80 | 105 | 13.51 | 169 | 19.79 |
Obesity | 134 | 14.41 | 50 | 11.21 | 84 | 17.36 |
p value | 0.0000 1 | 0.0000 2 | 0.0000 3 | |||
V Cramer | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.06 |
1 Significant differences in the examined nutritional behaviors in the total group; 2 significant differences in the examined nutritional behaviors between girls; 3 significant differences in the examined nutritional behaviors between boys; the chi2 Pearson test.