Table 3.

Dietary Habits of Adolescent Girls Aged 12 to 17 Years by BMI Status (%) From Rural Communities of Jutiapa, Guatemala (N = 392).

Variables	Sample, n(%)	Underweight, n = 39	Normal weight, n = 292	Overweight/obesity, n = 61	P a
Eat breakfast daily	298 (76.02)	82.05	75.34	75.41	.649
Water intake (≥2 cups/d)	214 (54.59)	61.54	52.4	60.66	.328
Fruit intake					.046
≥2 servings/d	180 (45.92)	56.41	47.26	32.79
<2 servings/d	212 (54.08)	43.59	52.74	67.21
Vegetable intake					.361
≥3 servings/d	52 (13.27)	20.51	12.67	11.48
<3servings/d	340 (86.73)	79.49	87.33	88.52
Eating take out/fast food					.045
Yes	203 (51.79)	57.38	49.32	61.54
No	189 (48.21)	42.62	50.68	38.46
Having soft drinkb					0.034
Never	146 (37.5)	30.77	37.33	42.62
Sometimes	207 (52.81)	58.97	54.79	39.34
Usually	38 (9.69)	10.26	7.88	18.03
Soft drinks with meal					.235
Never	125 (31.89)	35.9	32.19	27.87
Sometimes	226 (57.65)	58.97	55.48	67.21
Usually	41 (10.46)	5.13	12.33	4.92
Soft drinks at home					.462
Never	232 (59.18)	56.41	60.96	52.46
Sometimes	134 (34.18)	38.46	33.22	36.07
Usually	26 (6.63)	5.13	5.82	11.48
Cooking oil					.524
Vegetable oil	326 (83.38)	89.74	82.82	81.97
Other type	65 (16.62)	10.26	17.18	18.03
Sugar added to drinks					.480
<3 teaspoons	326 (83.16)	69.23	84.93	83.61
≥3 teaspoons	66 (16.84)	30.77	15.07	16.39
Salt added to meals					.573
Never	62 (15.82)	5.13	16.1	21.31
Sometimes	285 (72.7)	76.92	73.29	67.21
Usually	45 (11.48)	17.95	10.62	11.48

Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index.

^aComparisons between continuous variables between underweight and nonunderweight (normal and overweight) were performed by t test, while relation between categorical variables was tested by χ² test.

^bVersus having water or milk.