Table 2 Prevalence of fast-food consumption among adolescents by sociodemographic characteristics, BMI, and eating out behaviour 

 16–18 years

12.8

(11.5–14.2)

69.4

(67.8–71.0)

17.8

(16.3–19.4)

 13–15 years

13.1

(12.3–14.0)

70.0

(69.0–71.1)

16.8

(15.7–18.0)

 10–12 years

15.4

(14.0–17.0)

66.7

(64.8–68.6)

17.8

(16.3–19.5)

 Girls

13.1

(12.2–14.0)

71.3

(70.2–72.4)

15.6

(14.5–16.8)

 Boys

13.9

(13.0–14.9)

67.3

(66.1–68.4)

18.8

(17.7–20.0)

 Malay

15.1

(14.2–16.0)

70.9

(69.9–71.9)

14.0

(13.2–15.0)

 Indian

10.7

(9.1–12.6)

69.8

(67.2–72.4)

19.5

(17.0–22.2)

 Indigenous from East Malaysia

17.9

(15.6–20.4)

65.9

(63.2–68.6)

16.2

(13.9–18.7)

 Other

14.3

(10.5–19.2)

68.2

(64.0–72.2)

17.5

(13.5–22.3)

 Chinese

7.3

(6.4–8.3)

66.2

(64.2–68.1)

26.5

(24.6–28.5)

 Central zone

13.1

(11.5–15.0)

70.8

(68.9–72.7)

16.1

(14.1–18.2)

 Southern zone

13.1

(11.5–14.9)

68.7

(67.0–70.4)

18.2

(16.3–20.4)

 East coast zone

15.3

(13.9–16.8)

68.4

(66.6–70.2)

16.3

(14.5–18.2)

 East Malaysia

17.0

(15.2–19.0)

67.0

(64.8–69.1)

16.0

(14.0–18.2)

 Northern zone

10.2

(9.0–11.4)

70.6

(68.8–72.3)

19.2

(17.2–21.5)

 Underweight

12.7

(11.0–14.7)

70.7

(68.2–73.0)

16.6

(14.6–18.9)

 Overweight

14.0

(12.8–15.4)

68.8

(67.1–70.5)

17.1

(15.7–18.7)

 Obese

13.9

(12.3–15.6)

68.9

(66.8–70.9)

17.3

(15.5–19.1)

 Normal

13.4

(12.6–14.2)

69.3

(68.4–70.2)

17.3

(16.3–18.4)

 >6 times

26.2

(23.1–29.5)

59.0

(55.6–62.3)

14.8

(12.6–17.4)

 3–5 times

20.1

(18.3–22.0)

66.7

(64.9–68.5)

13.2

(11.7–14.9)

 1–2 times

12.0

(11.1–12.8)

73.0

(72.1–73.9)

15.0

(14.0–16.1)

 Never

9.9

(8.7–11.2)

61.4

(59.3–63.4)

28.7

(26.7–30.8)