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. 2019 Jul 13;11(7):1592. doi: 10.3390/nu11071592

Table 3.

Nutritional behaviors of the individuals depending on body weight status: In the total group and divided by gender.

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.