Table 2.

Body mass index distribution according to students dietary habits in Aseer region, Southern Saudi Arabia

Dietary habits		Total		Body mass index						P
				Underweight		Normal		Overweight/Obese
		No	%	No	%	No	%	No	%
Fruits and vegetables	Once weekly	146	48.7%	16	32.0%	63	42.9%	67	65.0%	0.001*
	2-6/week	139	46.3%	29	58.0%	77	52.4%	33	32.0%
	Daily	15	5.0%	5	10.0%	7	4.8%	3	2.9%
Legumes	Once weekly	219	73.0%	37	74.0%	109	74.1%	73	70.9%	0.941
	2-6/week	79	26.3%	13	26.0%	37	25.2%	29	28.2%
	Daily	2	0.7%	0	0.0%	1	0.7%	1	1.0%
Whole grains	Once weekly	12	4.0%	2	4.0%	7	4.8%	3	2.9%	0.958
	2-6/week	174	58.0%	30	60.0%	84	57.1%	60	58.3%
	Daily	114	38.0%	18	36.0%	56	38.1%	40	38.8%
Milk and milk products	Once weekly	30	10.0%	4	8.0%	17	11.6%	9	8.7%	0.727
	2-6/week	171	57.0%	30	60.0%	78	53.1%	63	61.2%
	Daily	99	33.0%	16	32.0%	52	35.4%	31	30.1%
Animal protein	Once weekly	42	14.1%	8	16.3%	24	16.4%	10	9.7%	0.002*
	2-6/week	221	74.2%	40	81.6%	110	75.3%	71	68.9%
	Daily	35	11.7%	1	2.0%	12	8.2%	22	21.4%
Sea food	Once weekly	264	88.0%	40	80.0%	130	88.4%	94	91.3%	0.254
	2-6/week	35	11.7%	10	20.0%	16	10.9%	9	8.7%
	Daily	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	1	0.7%	0	0.0%
Fast food	Once weekly	158	52.7%	33	66.0%	77	52.4%	48	46.6%	0.049*
	2-6/week	128	42.7%	17	34.0%	64	43.5%	47	45.6%
	Daily	14	4.7%	0	0.0%	6	4.1%	8	7.8%
Sweets and chocolate	Once weekly	48	16.0%	6	12.0%	24	16.3%	18	17.5%	0.632
	2-6/week	201	67.0%	35	70.0%	102	69.4%	64	62.1%
	Daily	51	17.0%	9	18.0%	21	14.3%	21	20.4%
Soft drinks	Once weekly	80	26.7%	19	38.0%	43	29.3%	18	17.5%	0.027*
	2-6/week	205	68.3%	28	56.0%	100	68.0%	77	74.8%
	Daily	15	5.0%	3	6.0%	4	2.7%	8	7.8%
Chips and crunches	Once weekly	58	19.3%	15	30.0%	31	21.1%	12	11.7%	0.005*
	2-6/week	217	72.3%	28	56.0%	110	74.8%	79	76.7%
	Daily	25	8.3%	7	14.0%	6	4.1%	12	11.7%

P: Pearson χ² test. *P<0.05 (significant)