Research Article
Lifestyle and Dietary Behaviors among Saudi Preschool Children Attending Primary Health Care Centers, Eastern Saudi Arabia
Table 7
Factors significantly affecting consuming unhealthy food items (pizza, burger, and soft drinks) in preschool study population children.
| | Pizza | | |
Rare () |
Infrequent () |
Frequent () | Test of significance ( value) | | | No | % | No | % | No | % |
| | Type of the family | | | | | | | | | (i) Nuclear | 92 | 62.20 | 61 | 83.60 | 60 | 75.90 |
() | | (ii) Extended | 56 | 37.80 | 12 | 16.40 | 19 | 24.10 |
| | Burger | | |
Rare () |
Infrequent () |
Frequent () | Test of significance ( value) | | | No | % | No | % | No | % |
| | City | | | | | | | | | (i) Qatif | 96 | 54.20 | 16 | 34.00 | 38 | 50.00 |
() | | (ii) Dammam | 81 | 45.80 | 31 | 66.00 | 38 | 50.00 | | Type of the family | | | | | | | | | (i) Nuclear | 112 | 63.30 | 39 | 83.00 | 62 | 81.60 |
() | | (ii) Extended | 65 | 36.70 | 8 | 17.00 | 14 | 18.40 |
| | Soft drinks | | |
Rare () |
Infrequent () |
Frequent () | Test of significance ( value) | | | No | % | No | % | No | % |
| | City | | | | | | | | | (i) Qatif | 108 | 53.5 | 15 | 57.7 | 27 | 37.5 |
() | | (ii) Dammam | 94 | 46.5 | 11 | 42.3 | 45 | 62.5 | | Number of meals | | | | | | | | | (i) 1 meal | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.000 | 2 | 2.80 |
() | | (ii) 2 meals | 43 | 21.30 | 9 | 34.60 | 35 | 48.60 | | (iii) 3 meals | 141 | 69.80 | 16 | 61.50 | 33 | 45.80 | | (iv) 4 meals | 8 | 4.00 | 1 | 3.80 | 2 | 2.80 | | Number of months in nursery/year | | | | | | | | | (i) 0 | 149 | 73.80 | 15 | 57.70 | 50 | 69.40 |
() | | (ii) 3–5 | 2 | 10.00 | 17 | 65.40 | 0 | 0 | | (iii) 6–8 | 28 | 13.90 | 5 | 19.20 | 12 | 16.70 | | (iv) 9–12 | 23 | 11.50 | 4 | 15.30 | 10 | 12.60 |
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