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. 2020 Aug 14;2020:5610834. doi: 10.1155/2020/5610834

Table 2.

The prevalence of thinness, normal weight, overweight, and obesity according to adolescents' sources of nutrition information.

Source of information All (n = 300) Thinness (n = 31) Normal (n = 199) Overweight (n = 42) Obese (n = 28) p-valuea
n % n % n % n % N %
Social media 0.936
 No 35 11.7 4 11.4 22 62.9 6 17.1 3 8.6
 Yes 265 88.3 27 10.2 177 66.8 36 13.6 25 9.4

Television 0.452
 No 105 35.0 11 10.5 75 71.4 12 11.4 7 6.7
 Yes 195 65.0 20 10.3 124 63.6 30 15.4 21 10.8

Teacher 0.012
 No 158 52.7 21 13.3 92 58.2 25 15.8 20 12.7
 Yes 142 47.3 10 7 107 75.4 17 12.0 8 5.6

Friends 0.545
 No 160 53.3 20 12.5 105 65.6 20 12.5 15 9.4
 Yes 140 46.7 11 7.9 94 67.1 22 15.7 13 9.3

Family members 0.287
 No 164 54.7 16 9.8 111 67.7 26 15.9 11 6.7
 Yes 136 45.3 15 11 88 64.7 16 11.8 17 12.5

Newspaper or magazine 0.838
 No 210 70.0 22 10.5 142 68 28 13.3 18 8.6
 Yes 90 30.0 9 10 57 63.3 14 15.6 10 11.1

Textbook 0.287
 No 224 74.7 24 10.7 142 63.4 35 83.3 23 10.3
 Yes 76 25.3 7 9.2 57 75 7 9.2 5 6.6

Radio 0.356
 No 266 88.7 30 11.3 176 66.2 37 13.9 23 8.6
 Yes 34 11.3 1 2.9 23 67.6 5 14.7 5 14.7

Health program activities in school 0.923
 No 231 77.0 24 10.4 152 65.8 34 14.7 21 9.1
 Yes 69 23.0 7 10.1 47 68.1 8 11.6 7 10.1

Health program activities in community 0.373
 No 266 88.7 30 11.3 173 65 37 13.9 26 9.8
 Yes 34 11.3 1 2.9 26 76.5 5 14.7 2 5.9

a p value by Pearson chi-squared test; p value is significant at <0.05.