Table 2: Dietary behaviour of adolescent girls (n = 2261).
Dietary Behaviour |
n |
% |
Sometimes skipping meal† |
|
|
Yes |
762 |
33.7 |
No |
1499 |
66.3 |
Meals sometimes skipped |
|
|
Breakfast |
243` |
31.9 |
Lunch |
427 |
56.0 |
Dinner |
92 |
12.1 |
Breakfast consumed† |
|
|
Yes |
2018 |
89.3 |
No |
243 |
10.7 |
Lunch consumed |
|
|
Yes |
1834 |
81.1 |
No |
427 |
18.9 |
Dinner consumed |
|
|
Yes |
2169 |
95.9 |
No |
92 |
4.1 |
Timing of Breakfast when consumed† |
|
|
Before 11:00 am |
1900 |
94.2 |
After 11:00 am |
118 |
5.8 |
Timing of Lunch† |
|
|
1:00 pm-3:00 pm |
1385 |
75.5 |
After 3:00 pm |
449 |
24.5 |
Timing of Dinner† |
|
|
6.00 pm-8.00 pm |
1471 |
67.8 |
After 8.00 pm |
698 |
32.2 |
Snack consumption† |
|
|
Yes |
2148 |
95.0 |
No |
113 |
5.0 |
Frequency of snack consumption† |
|
|
Sometimes |
1355 |
63.1 |
Everyday |
720 |
33.5 |
Rarely |
73 |
3.4 |
Replacing a main meal with snacks† |
|
|
Yes |
1102 |
51.3 |
No |
1046 |
48.7 |
Meal replaced with snacks |
|
|
Breakfast |
251 |
22.8 |
Lunch |
738 |
67.0 |
Dinner |
113 |
10.2 |
Buy from vendors |
|
|
Yes |
766 |
33.9 |
No |
1495 |
66.1 |
Consume Soft Drinks |
|
|
Yes |
2162 |
95.6 |
No |
99 |
4.4 |
Frequency of soft drink consumption |
|
|
Everyday |
1878 |
86.9 |
Rarely |
135 |
6.2 |
Sometimes |
149 |
6.9 |
Consume Alcohol † |
|
|
Yes |
216 |
9.6 |
No |
2045 |
90.4 |
†Included in Dietary Behaviour Score; Mean ± SD = 5.66 ± 1.80