Table 1. Demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the study participants.

Variable	Category	Total		Females		Males		P-value
		N	%	N	%	N	%
Age categories	Youth (15-24)	324	42.2	203	43.9	121	39.5	0.233
	Adults (25-64)	444	57.8	259	56.1	185	60.5
BMI categories	Underweight	32	4.2	26	5.6	6	2	< 0.001
	Normal	350	45.5	242	52.5	106	34.8
	Overweight	234	30.5	121	26.2	113	37
	Obese	152	19.8	72	15.6	80	26.2
Gender	Male	462	60.2	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
	Female	306	39.8	NA	NA	NA	NA
Residency	Beirut	78	10.2	40	8.6	38	12.4	< 0.001
	South Lebanon	146	19	83	18	63	20.6
	North Lebanon	240	31.2	140	30.3	100	32.7
	Mount Lebanon	304	39.6	199	43.1	105	34.3
Marital status	Married	312	40.6	195	42.2	117	38.2	0.294
	Not Married	456	59.4	267	57.8	189	61.8
Having children	No	471	61.3	277	60	194	63.4	0.364
	Yes	297	38.7	185	40	112	36.6
	Unemployed	269	35	163	35.3	106	34.6
	Retired	9	1.2	0	0	9	2.9
	Housewife	110	14.3	110	23.8	0	0
	Employed	380	49.5	189	40.9	191	62.4
Employment profession	Medical	32	8.4	25	13.2	7	3.6	<0.001
	Non-Medical	348	91.6	164	86.7	184	96.3
Monthly wage	<1,000$	245	31.9	144	31.2	101	33	<0.001
	1,000$ - 2,000$	111	14.4	39	8.4	72	23.5
	2,000$ - 3,000$	22	2.9	7	1.5	15	4.9
	>3000$	9	1.2	0	0	9	2.9
	No salary	381	49.6	272	58.9	109	35.6
Educational level	Did not attend school	74	9.6	41	8.9	331	10.8	<0.001
	Elementary/Intermediate Schools	86	11.2	45	9.7	41	13.4
	General Secondary School	105	13.7	62	13.4	43	14.1
	Technical Secondary School	89	11.6	50	10.8	39	12.7
	University	414	53.9	264	57.10	150	49
University degree	Bachelors’	315	76	189	71.5	126	84	<0.001
	Masters’	91	22	72	27.2	19	12.6
	Ph.D.	8	2	3	1.4	5	3.3
University major	Medicine/pharmacy	19	4.6	10	3.7	9	5.9	< 0.001
	Business	88	21.3	36	13.6	52	34.4
	Engineering	37	8.9	14	5.3	23	15.2
	Agriculture	1	0.2	1	0.4	0	0
	Public health	66	16	59	22.3	7	4.6
	Literature	61	14.7	50	18.8	11	7.3
	Tourism	10	2.4	5	1.9	5	3.3
	Education	11	2.7	10	3.8	1	0.6
	Law	32	7.7	20	7.5	12	8
	Arts	29	7	19	7.2	10	6.61
	Sciences	58	14	39	14.7	119	12.6
	Religion	2	0.5	1	0.4	1	0.6