Table 3.

Frequency of different eating practices by BMI Class

Characteristics		Underweight (n=10)	Ideal(n=143)	Overweight (n=44)	Obese(n=6)	P-Value
Gender	Male	5	72	12	1	0.023*
	%	50	50.3	27.3	16.7
	Female	5	71	32	5
	%	50	49.7	72.7	83.3
Breakfast consumption	Regularly	4	49	13	1	0.798
	%	40	34.3	29.5	16.7
	Sometimes	2	60	19	3
	%	20	42	43.2	50
	Seldom	4	32	11	2
	%	40	22.4	25	33.3
	Never	0	2	1	0
	%	0	1.4	2.3	0
Lunch consumption	Regularly	5	69	22	2	0.819
	%	50	48.3	50	33.3
	Sometimes	5	55	15	4
	%	50	38.5	34.1	66.7
	Seldom	0	16	7	0
	%	0	11.2	15.9	0
	Never	0	3	0	0
	%	0	2.1	0	0
Supper consumption	Regularly	5	90	24	4	0.289
	%	50	62.9	54.5	66.7
	Sometimes	3	39	16	1
	%	30	27.3	36.4	16.7
	Seldom	1	14	4	0
	%	10	9.8	9.1	0
	Never	1	0	0	0
	%	10	0	0	0
Fruits consumption	Regularly	3	36	12	2	0.97
	%	30	25.2	27.3	33.3
	Sometimes	6	70	20	3
	%	60	49	45.5	50
	Seldom	1	34	12	1
	%	10	23.8	27.3	16.7
	Never	0	3	0	0
	%	0	2.1	0	0
Vegetables consumption	Regularly	2	34	11	3	0.688
	%	20	23.8	25	50
	Sometimes	7	81	22	3
	%	70	56.6	50	50
	Seldom	1	28	11	3
	%	10	19.6	25	50
	Never	0	0	0	0
	%	0	0	0	0
Snack consumption	Consume snacks	9	115	40	0	0.234
	%	90	80.4	90.9	0
	Does not take snacks	1	28	4	6
	%	10	19.6	9.1	100
Alcohol consumption	Consume alcohol	4	89	33	0	0.057
	%	40	62.2	75	0
	Does not take alcohol	6	54	11	33.3
	%	60	37.8	25	66.7