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Table 2 Dietary habits associated with BMI categories in Nkonkobe Municipality

From: Lifestyle factors and co-morbidities associated with obesity and overweight in Nkonkobe Municipality of the Eastern Cape, South Africa

Variables

Normal

Obese

Overweight

Underweight

P

 

Normal

%N

Normal

%N

Normal

%N

Normal

%N

 

Fast foods

 Always

7

21.21

16

48.48

10

30.30

 

0.00

P < 0.05

 Sometimes

34

51.52

19

28.79

11

16.67

2

3.03

 

 Never

5

35.71

8

57.14

1

7.14

 

0.00

 

Vegetables

 Always

6

11.54

6

11.54

15

28.84

25

48.08

P < 0.05

 Sometimes

10

21.28

12

25.52

12

25.52

13

27.66

 

 Never

6

42.86

12

85.71

1

7.14

1

7.14

 

Fruits

 Always

21

38.89

19

44.44

11

13.89

1

2.78

P > 0.05

 Sometimes

27

42.86

24

38.10

11

17.46

1

1.59

 

 Never

1

50.00

 

0.00

1

50.00

 

0.00

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