Table 3.
Data Presented as Mean Percentage of Consumed Food per Week Across the four occasions (BR, RW2, RW3, AR; n = 44).
| Food types | Frequency of consumed food per week |
χ2 | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <2 times/week | <3–5 times/week | >6 times/week | |||
| Vegetables | 27.8% | 39.8% | 32.4% | 3.97 | .68 |
| Fruit | 20.5% | 47.7% | 31.8% | 9.11 | .17 |
| Milk and dairy products | 29.5% | 40.3% | 30.2% | 5.62 | .47 |
| Soda and soft drinks | 43.8% | 34.1% | 22.2% | 11.37 | .08 |
| Energy drinks | 89.2% | 10.23% | 0.57% | 3.90 | .27 |
| Fast food | 43.2% | 42.6% | 14.2% | 6.20 | .40 |
| Chips and French fries | 46.0 % | 39.8% | 14.2% | 3.70 | .72 |
| Biscuits and cakes | 54.6% | 25.5% | 19.9% | 11.97 | .22 |
| Chocolates and sweets | 36.3% | 30.7% | 33.0% | 9.30 | .16 |
Note. AR = 6 weeks later (after Ramadan); BR = 2–3 days before the month of Ramadan; RW2 = end of second week of Ramadan; RW3 = end of third week of Ramadan.