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