TABLE 1.

Characteristics of the adolescents.

		Total (N = 842)
		n	%
Eating habits	Fruit and vegetable avoider	361	42.9
	Healthy	383	45.5
	Unhealthy	98	11.6
Breakfast patterns	Irregular	142	16.9
	Regular	700	83.1
Dinner patterns	Irregular	148	17.6
	Regular	694	82.4
Gender	Boy	387	46.0
	Girl	455	54.0
Age		11.7a	0.37b
Parental language	Finnish	719	85.4
	Swedish	89	10.6
	Other	34	4.0
BMI categories	Underweight	116	13.8
	Normal-weight	617	73.3
	Overweight and obese	109	12.9
Alpha diversity	Shannon diversity index	2.26a	±0.29b
	Inverse Simpson’s index	6.12a	±1.94b

^aMean. ^bStandard deviation. BMI, Body Mass Index.