Research Article

Exploration of the Dietary and Lifestyle Behaviors and Weight Status and Their Self-Perceptions among Health Sciences University Students in North Lebanon

Table 3

Agreement between perceived and measured weight status, physical activity, and diet quality.

⁢Total ()⁢Junior ()⁢Senior ()
Number%Number%Number%

Perceived current body weight
 Underweight4411.92010.42413.62.3120.518 
(0.130)★★
 Normal21257.510856.010459.1
 Overweight10528.56031.14525.6
 Obese82.252.631.7

Calculated BMI
 Underweight164.3136.731.7
 Normal23463.411358.512168.88.2090.042
 Overweight10227.65629.04626.1
 Obese174.6115.763.4

Agreement between perceived and measured weight status
 Agree24766.913268.411565.30.3880.534
 Did not agree12233.16131.66134.7

Perceived diet quality
 Adequate22761.711961.710861.70.35710.903 
(0.742)★★
 Too much sugar6016.33317.12715.4
 Too much fat5514.92915.02614.9
 Not enough267.1126.2148.0

Total calculated food score68.23 ± 6.6368.85 ± 6.3168.53 ± 6.480.360

Agreement between perceived and calculated diet quality
 Agree20455.310856.09654.50.0740.785
 Did not agree16544.78544.08045.5

Current physical activity level compared to preuniversity life
 Decreased9726.36232.13519.915.407<0.001
(<0.001)★★
 Same12734.47337.85430.7
 Increased14539.35830.18749.4

Perceived current physical activity status
 Low12032.56634.25430.70.7600.684 
(0.387)★★
 Moderate21357.711057.010358.5
 High369.8178.81910.8

PA level based on MET values
 Low15241.27940.97341.51.5560.459
 Moderate17848.29046.68850.0
 High3910.62412.4158.5

Agreement between perceived and measured physical activity
 Agree19853.7%94448.7%10459.1%3.9930.046
 Did not agree17146.3%9951.3%7240.9%

Statistically significant at ≤ 0.05.
★★Values between brackets represent the values that resulted by linear test.