Obesity, unhealthy dietary habits and sedentary behaviors among university students in Sudan: growing risks for chronic diseases in a poor country

Table 4 Frequency of intake of foods among Sudanese university students according to gender

Food	Intake (days/week)	Male		Female		P value	Total
Food	Intake (days/week)	N	%	N	%	P value	N	%
Vegetables	4+	83	45.4	95	43.8	<0.752	178	44.5
Vegetables	<4	100	54.6	122	56.2		222	55.5
Fruit	4+	40	21.9	47	21.7	<0.866	87	21.8
Fruit	<4	143	78.1	175	78.3		313	78.2
Fast food	4+	50	27.3	96	44.2	<0.001	146	36.5
Fast food	<4	133	72.7	121	55.8		254	63.5
Milk and its products	4+	58	31.7	66	30.4	<0.783	124	31.0
Milk and its products	<4	125	68.3	151	69.6		276	69.0
Red meat	4+	48	26.2	65	30.0	<0.410	113	28.3
Red meat	<4	135	73.8	152	70.0		287	71.7
Fish	4+	16	8.7	13	6.0	<0.290	29	7.3
Fish	<4	167	91.3	204	94.0		371	92.7
Chicken	4+	33	18.0	29	13.4	<0.199	62	15.5
Chicken	<4	150	82.0	188	86.6		338	84.5
Sweets	4+	43	23.1	70	32.3	<0.052	112	28.1
Sweets	<4	140	76.9	147	67.7		287	71.9
Nuts	4+	19	10.4	20	9.2	<0.695	39	9.8
Nuts	<4	164	89.6	197	90.8		361	90.2
Chocolates	4+	21	11.5	56	25.8	<0.001	77	19.3
Chocolates	<4	162	88.5	161	74.2		323	80.7
Carbonated beverages	4+	47	25.7	50	23.0	<0.539	97	24.3
Carbonated beverages	<4	136	74.3	167	77.0		303	75.7
Canned fruit drinks	4+	38	20.8	32	14.7	<0.115	70	17.5
Canned fruit drinks	<4	145	79.2	185	85.3		330	82.5
Legumes	4+	119	65.0	119	54.8	<0.038	238	59.5
Legumes	<4	64	35.0	98	45.2		162	40.5

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