Table 3. A comparison of characteristics of students according to types of school attended.

	Public		Private
	n	%	n	%	p
Weight status					0.010*
Underweight	5,3	58	3,8	10
Normal	80,6	881	76,8	202
Overweight	12,2	134	14,1	37
Obese	1,9	21	5,3	14
Having breakfast status					<0.0001**
Never, sometimes	41,6	511	29,6	89
Usually, everyday	58,4	718	70,4	212
Have you ever exercised to lose or control your weight?					<0.0001**
Yes	35,6	438	61,0	183
No	64,4	791	39,0	117
Have you ever preferred non-fat food or eating less to lose or
control your weight?					<0.0001**
Yes	32,2	395	44,2	133
No	67,8	831	55,8	168
Have you ever starved for 24 hours or more to lose or
control your weight?					0.313**
Yes	4,9	60	4,0	12
No	95,1	1168	96,0	289
Have you ever vomited or taken cathartics to lose or
control your weight?					0.168**
Yes	1,6	20	2,7	8
No	98,4	1208	97,3	293
Have you ever taken pills, powders, drinks to lose
weight without medical advise?					0.209**
Yes	1,5	18	2,3	7
No	98,5	1205	97,7	294
Frequency of bringing food to school					<0 .0001**
Never, sometimes	87,5	1062	68,9	204
Usually, everyday	12,5	152	31,1	92
* Pearson’s chi-square test was performed; ** Fisher’s exact test was performed; p<0.05 was considered statistically significant.