Table 2.

Lifestyle characteristics of the study sample.

Variables	Total Sample		18.5 kg/m2 ≤ BMI < 25 kg/m2		BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2		p
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Total sample	972	100.0	484	100.0	488	100.0
Restriction in quantity of consumed food	416	42.8	181	37.4	235	48.2	0.0007
Restriction in sugar and sweets	469	48.3	216	44.6	253	51.8	0.0244
Restriction in products like bread, potato, rice	129	13.3	57	11.8	72	14.8	0.1713
Restriction in meat and meat products	119	12.2	68	14.0	51	10.5	0.0870
Restriction in dairy products	67	6.9	38	7.9	29	5.9	0.2402
Restriction in animal and vegetable fats	245	25.2	120	24.8	125	25.6	0.7681
Restriction in meat and cured meats	212	21.8	95	19.6	117	24.0	0.1008
Restriction in fish	17	1.7	11	2.3	6	1.2	0.2148
Restriction in food containing gluten and/or lactose	54	5.6	24	5.0	30	6.1	0.4185
Number of meals a day:
3 meals or less	405	41.7	201	41.5	204	41.8
4 meals	370	38.1	190	39.3	180	36.9	0.6407
5 meals and more	197	20.3	93	19.2	104	21.3
Snacking at least once a day	304	31.3	155	32.0	149	30.5	0.9482
Frequency of eating outside the home at least once a week	225	23.2	101	20.9	124	25.4	0.0688
Frequency of ordering meals at least 1–3 times a month	318	32.7	147	30.4	171	35.0	0.0836
Watching TV at least once a day	672	69.1	365	75.4	307	62.9	0.0001
Using the Internet at least once a day	897	92.3	459	94.8	438	89.8	0.0375
Reading books, newspapers at least once a day	383	39.4	190	39.3	193	39.5	0.7639
Sleep duration at weekdays at least 7 hours	684	70.4	331	68.4	353	72.3	0.1111
Sleep duration at weekend days at least 7 hours	843	86.7	424	87.6	419	85.9	0.6866
Physical activity during work/school time
Low	498	51.2	239	49.4	259	53.1
Moderate	381	39.2	195	40.3	186	38.1	0.4662
High	93	9.6	50	10.3	43	8.8
Physical activity during leisure time
Low	347	35.7	152	31.4	195	40.0
Moderate	461	47.4	236	48.8	225	46.1	0.0056
High	164	16.9	96	19.8	68	13.9

N—Number of participants; Significance between BMI groups (Chi-square test).