Table 1.
Descriptive Characteristics of the Respondents
| No. of respondentsa (N = 504) |
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|---|---|---|
| N | % | |
| Age group, years | ||
| 18–24 | 50 | 9.9 |
| 25–34 | 324 | 64.3 |
| 35–40 | 106 | 21 |
| 41+ | 20 | 4 |
| Prefer not to say | 4 | 0.8 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Asian | 34 | 6.7 |
| Black | 107 | 21.2 |
| Mixed | 20 | 4 |
| Other | 9 | 1.8 |
| Prefer not to say | 8 | 1.6 |
| White | 326 | 64.7 |
| Level of education | ||
| A level or equivalent | 76 | 15.1 |
| Degree or equivalent | 348 | 69 |
| GCSE or equivalent | 40 | 7.9 |
| None | 5 | 1 |
| Prefer not to say | 35 | 6.9 |
| BMIa | ||
| Underweight | 12 | 3.1 |
| Normal | 205 | 52.7 |
| Overweight | 101 | 26 |
| Obese | 71 | 18.3 |
| Country | ||
| England | 294 | 58.3 |
| Scotland | 22 | 4.4 |
| Wales | 12 | 2.4 |
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 1.4 |
| Non-United Kingdomb | 168 | 33.5 |
a
For BMI the total number of respondents who returned values to calculable BMI was 389 in total, 286 in the United Kingdom and 103 in the non-United Kingdom.
b
Respondents (including 1.6% who did not disclose their country) from other 34 countries—South Africa, Nigeria, United States, Republic of Ireland, Kenya, Australia, India, Ghana, Canada, Pakistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Zambia, Honduras, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation, South Sudan, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Germany, Greece, Guyana, Italy, Malawi, Namibia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Thailand, and Zimbabwe.
BMI, body mass index.