Table 1.
Question | Responses | Undergraduate | Graduate |
---|---|---|---|
On average, you eat how many daily servings of: | |||
fruit (1 serving = 1 whole fresh fruit, ½ cup canned fruit, or ½ cup 100% fruit juice)? | Zero | 15.5% | 13.5% |
One | 37.8% | 37.4% | |
Two | 27.9% | 28.3% | |
Three | 12.9% | 13.9% | |
Four | 3.9% | 6.1% | |
Five | 0.4% | 0.9% | |
≥ Six | 1.7% | 0% | |
vegetables (1 serving = 1/2 cup cooked or 1 cup raw)? | Zero | 9.6%* | 4.3%* |
One | 38.5%* | 23.5%* | |
Two | 24.5%* | 33.0%* | |
Three | 20.6% | 17.8% | |
Four | 4.7%* | 12.2%* | |
Five | 0.9%* | 6.1%* | |
≥ Six | 1.3% | 3% | |
Thinking about your usual eating habits over the past 30 days, how often have you consumed each of the following foods or beverages? | |||
Regular soda | Daily | 13% | 7% |
4–6 times/week | 9.9% | 1.8% | |
1–3 times/week | 30% | 13.5% | |
Once/month | 23.9% | 20.2% | |
Never | 23.3% | 57.6% | |
Diet soda | Daily | 2.1% | 9.1% |
4–6 times/week | 2.7% | 6.3% | |
1–3 times/week | 7.1% | 14.1% | |
Once/month | 10.6% | 8.8% | |
Never | 77.3% | 61.7% | |
Sweet tea | Daily | 8.2% | 3.9% |
4–6 times/week | 11.3% | 4.4% | |
1–3 times/week | 28.2% | 14.2% | |
Once/month | 15.7% | 18.7% | |
Never | 36.6% | 58.8% | |
Unsweet tea | Daily | 0% | 4.8% |
4–6 times/week | 4% | 5.3% | |
1–3 times/week | 7% | 16.2% | |
Once/month | 8.6% | 14.8% | |
Never | 80.4% | 59% | |
Energy drinks | Daily | 7% | 4.3% |
4–6 times/week | 5.3% | 5% | |
1–3 times/week | 17% | 11.8% | |
Once/month | 16.5% | 11.8% | |
Never | 54.2% | 67% | |
Alcohol | Daily | .9% | 3.1% |
4–6 times/week | 5.8% | 6.1% | |
1–3 times/week | 25% | 28.2% | |
Once/month | 29.7% | 29.5% | |
Never | 38.7% | 33.1% | |
Fruit juice | Daily | 14.5% | 9.1% |
4–6 times/week | 18.5% | 18.5% | |
1–3 times/week | 37.9% | 52.1% | |
Once/month | 18.4% | 17.2% | |
Never | 10.7% | 3% | |
Salad | Daily | 7.9% | 9.1% |
4–6 times/week | 17.1% | 18.5% | |
1–3 times/week | 45.4% | 52.1% | |
Once/month | 17.6% | 17.2% | |
Never | 12% | 3% | |
Vegetables | Daily | 13% | 32.3% |
4–6 times/week | 28% | 27.9% | |
1–3 times/week | 42.5% | 35.8% | |
Once/month | 10.1% | 2.3% | |
Never | 6.4% | 1.7% | |
French Fries | Daily | 7.4% | 0% |
4–6 times/week | 20.6% | 6.5% | |
1–3 times/week | 47.0% | 43.3% | |
Once/month | 21.6% | 34.9% | |
Never | 3.4% | 15.3% | |
Potato chips | Daily | 4.7% | 0.4% |
4–6 times/week | 12.7% | 6.1% | |
1–3 times/week | 32% | 31.3% | |
Once/month | 29.9% | 35.2% | |
Never | 20.7% | 27% | |
Baked crackers | Daily | 2.1% | 0.9% |
4–6 times/week | 7% | 2.7% | |
1–3 times/week | 28.7% | 24.3% | |
Once/month | 26.9% | 29.7% | |
Never | 35.2% | 42.4% | |
Baked chips | Daily | 3% | 0.4% |
4–6 times/week | 8.5% | 2.9% | |
1–3 times/week | 23.9% | 20.6% | |
Once/month | 26.4% | 25% | |
Never | 38.2% | 51.1% | |
White bread | Daily | 4.4% | 0.9% |
4–6 times/week | 9.9% | 4.6% | |
1–3 times/week | 32% | 26.9% | |
Once/month | 23.2% | 21.2% | |
Never | 30.5% | 46.4% | |
Whole grain bread | Daily | 5.2% | 5.7% |
4–6 times/week | 16.8% | 14.1% | |
1–3 times/week | 35.7% | 40.6% | |
Once/month | 19.8% | 22.1% | |
Never | 22.4% | 17.5% | |
White pasta | Daily | 2.1% | 0.4% |
4–6 times/week | 11.5% | 2.3% | |
1–3 times/week | 37% | 31.3% | |
Once/month | 27% | 31.6% | |
Never | 22.3% | 34.4% | |
Whole grain pasta | Daily | 2.1% | 0.4% |
4–6 times/week | 5.3% | 3.2% | |
1–3 times/week | 28.8% | 20.3% | |
Once/month | 21.8% | 37.5% | |
Never | 41.9% | 38.6% | |
Dessert | Daily | 9% | 11.7% |
4–6 times/week | 24% | 14.3% | |
1–3 times/week | 42.1% | 49.1% | |
Once/month | 18.3% | 17.4% | |
Never | 6.7% | 7.4% | |
Do you currently exercise regularly (e.g. walking, jogging, aerobics, working out, bicycling, swimming, playing tennis)? | Yes | 77.7%* | 59.9%* |
How many days per week do you exercise on average? | 0 days | 22.3% | 43.1% |
1 day | 8.8% | 5.4% | |
2 days | 14.4% | 8.8% | |
3 days | 22.2% | 18.3% | |
4 days | 12.2% | 8.7% | |
5 days | 13.4% | 12.3% | |
6 days | 3.1% | 1.7% | |
7 days | 3.5% | 1.7% | |
How many minutes do you exercise per day on average? |
0 minutes | 19.8% | 43.7% |
1–15 minutes | 7.6% | 1.1% | |
16–30 minutes | 16.6% | 17.0% | |
31 −45 minutes | 20% | 16.1% | |
46–60 minutes | 24.6% | 17.4% | |
> 60 minutes | 11.4% | 4.8% | |
Self-reported BMI (calculated); mean (SD) | 25.54 (5.77)* | 27.85 (7.21)* | |
Self-reported BMI category (calculated) | Underweight | 4.8% | 2% |
Healthy weight | 51.2%* | 40.1%* | |
Overweight | 22.2% | 25.4% | |
Obese | 21.7%* | 32.5%* |
= p ≤ .05 in difference between undergraduate and graduate students.