Table 3.
Women and men’s level of nutritional knowledge, self-assessment of the diet and nutritional knowledge and its sources.
| Variables | Sex | p-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | |||
| The level of nutritional knowledge, n (%) | ||||
| Insufficient | 48 (30.8%) | 61 (53.5%) | 0.001 | |
| Sufficient | 95 (60.9%) | 48 (42.1%) | ||
| Good | 13 (8.3%) | 5 (4.4%) | ||
| Self-assessment of the diet on weekdays when compared to weekends and public holidays, n (%) | ||||
| There is basically no difference | 35 (22.7%) | 29 (26.4%) | 0.788 | |
| It slightly differs | 73 (47.4%) | 49 (44.6%) | ||
| It differs significantly | 46 (29.9%) | 32 (29.1%) | ||
| Self-assessment of the diet, n (%) | ||||
| supple | Very bad | 3 (2.0%) | 2 (1.8%) | 0.930 |
| Bad | 55 (35.7%) | 36 (32.4%) | ||
| Good | 87 (56.5%) | 65 (58.6%) | ||
| Very good | 9 (5.8%) | 8 (7.2%) | ||
| Self-assessment of nutritional knowledge, n (%) | ||||
| Insufficient | 16 (10.5%) | 23 (20.7%) | 0.112 | |
| Sufficient | 85 (55.6%) | 59 (53.2%) | ||
| Good | 44 (28.8%) | 24 (21.6%) | ||
| Very good | 8 (5.2%) | 5 (4.5%) | ||
| The most important sources of nutritional knowledge, n (%) | ||||
| Family home and/or relatives | 73 (50.7%) | 52 (51.5%) | 0.903 | |
| Websites | 82 (56.9%) | 46 (45.5%) | 0.079 | |
| School | 54 (37.5%) | 33 (32.7%) | 0.437 | |
| Doctor, dietitian, nutritional advisor | 35 (24.3%) | 21 (20.8%) | 0.519 | |
| Daily press etc. | 7 (4.9%) | 3 (3.0%) | 0.462 | |
| Advertisement | 4 (2.8%) | 5 (5.0%) | 0.374 | |
| Radio and/or television | 4 (2.8%) | 5 (5.0%) | 0.374 | |