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

Table 5

Association between overweight/obesity and sociodemographic, dietary, and lifestyle behaviors among university students.

	BMI
		Sig.	OR	95% CI
				LL	UL
Obesity of one parent
No®
Yes	0.758	0.006	0.468	0.274	0.802
Do you drink coffee or tea directly after meals?
No®
Yes	−0.478	0.063	0.620	0.375	1.026
Level
Senior®
Junior	0.813	0.106	2.255	0.842	6.037
Number of snacks
Zero®
One	−0.133	0.811	0.876	0.296	2.591
Two	−0.326	0.550	0.722	0.248	2.100
Three	−1.150	0.057	0.317	0.097	1.036
More than three	−0.048	0.938	0.953	0.281	3.236
Current appetite status compared to preuniversity life
Same®
Increased	0.764	0.013	0.466	0.255	0.851
Decreased	−0.427	0.160	0.652	0.359	1.184
Cravings for high fat/sugar foods
Never®
Once/month	0.622	0.138	1.863	0.819	4.240
2–4 times/month	0.454	0.276	1.574	0.696	3.557
2-3 times/week	1.116	0.012	3.054	1.282	7.272
4 times/week	0.672	0.219	1.958	0.671	5.713
Exams related stressful eating
No®
Yes	0.397	0.151	1.488	0.865	2.560
Sometimes	0.983	0.016	2.672	1.198	5.960
Rarely	0.232	0.812	1.261	0.187	8.502
Comfort eating
No®
Yes	0.542	0.044	0.581	0.343	0.984
Regular breakfast intake
Yes®
No	0.246	0.347	1.279	0.766	2.134
PA level based on MET values
Low	0.182	0.681	1.199	0.504	2.855
Moderate	0.095	0.827	1.099	0.470	2.572
High®
Total food score	−0.053	0.010	1.055	1.013	1.099

Statistically significant at ≤ 0.05.
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