Table 3.

Distribution of the studied samples according to their dietary habits from public and private Universities in Osun state, Southwestern, Nigeria in 2018.

Variable	Type of School				Total No (%)	P value
	Private school		Public school
	No	%	No	%
No of meals per day
One	7	7.0	9	9.0	16 (8.0)	0.002∗
Two	67	67.0	42	42.0	109 (54.5)
Three	25	25.0	41	41.0	66 (33.0)
More than three	1	1.0	8	8.0	9 (4.5)
Do you skip any meal?
Yes	94	94.0	78	78.0	172 (86.0)	0.001∗
No	6	6.0	22	22.0	28 (14.0)
Meal skipped
Breakfast	58	59.2	41	45.1	99 (52.4)	0.106
Lunch	35	35.7	42	46.2	77 (40.7)
Dinner	4	4.1	3	3.3	7 (3.7)
None	1	1.0	5	5.5	6 (3.2)
Breakfast before going for lectures
Yes	39	39.4	53	53.0	92 (46.2)	0.054
No	60	60.6	47	47.0	107 (53.8)
Snacks between meals
Yes	83	83.8	66	66.0	149 (74.9)	0.004∗
No	16	16.2	34	34.0	50 (25.1)
No of snacks per day
One snack	44	52.4	26	38.2	70 (46.1)	0.156
Two snacks	30	35.7	33	48.5	63 (41.4)
Three snacks	6	7.1	8	11.8	14 (9.2)
More than three snacks	4	4.8	1	1.5	5 (3.3)
Type of food mostly taken
Homemade food	59	59.0	87	87.0	146 (73.0)	0.000∗
Fast food	20	20.0	13	13.0	33 (16.5)
Food made outside home	21	21.0	0	0.0	21 (10.5)
Do you cook?
Yes	51	51.0	97	97.0	148 (74.0)	0.000∗
No	49	49.0	3	3.0	52 (26.0)
Do you buy food from school cafeteria?
Yes	78	78.8	31	31.0	109 (54.8)	0.000∗
No	21	21.2	69	69.0	90 (45.2)
Do you smoke?
Yes	4	4.0	2	2.0	6 (3.0)	0.407
No	96	96.0	98	98.0	194 (97.0)
Alcohol intake
Yes	12	12.0	7	7.0	19 (9.5)	0.228
No	88	88.0	93	93.0	181 (90.5)

∗p < 0.05, statistically significant.