Research Article
Perceptions, Facilitators, and Barriers to Consumption of Whole Grain Staple Foods among Overweight and Obese Tanzanian Adults: A Focus Group Study
Table 2
Sociodemographic characteristics of the study population.
| | Men () | Women () | All () | | Mean Ā± SD | (%) | Mean Ā± SD | (%) | Mean Ā± SD | (%) |
| | Age (years) | 47 Ā± 5 | | 48 Ā± 5 | | 48 Ā± 5 | | | Body mass index (Kg/m2)ā | 30.3 Ā± 4.7 | | 32.9 Ā± 4.6 | | 31.9 Ā± 4.7 | | | Married | | | | | | | | āYes | | 16 (88.9) | | 17 (65.4) | | 33 (75.0) | | āNo | | 2 (11.1) | | 9 (34.6) | | 11 (25.0) | | Education levelā ā | | | | | | | | āOrdinary sec education | | 6 (33.3) | | 12 (46.2) | | 18 (40.9) | | āVocational education | | 4 (22.2) | | 13 (50.0) | | 17 (38.6) | | āAdvanced sec education | | 2 (11.1) | | 0 (0.0) | | 2 (4.6) | | āCollege and/or university | | 6 (33.3) | | 1 (3.8) | | 7 (15.9) | | Years of education (years)ā ā | | | | | | | | ā6ā12 | | 9 (50) | | 22 (84.6) | | 31 (70.4) | | āMore than 12 | | 9 (50) | | 4 (15.4) | | 13 (29.6) | | Family size | | | | | | | | āTotal number of people | | 6.8 Ā± 2.3 | | 6.8 Ā± 2.3 | | 6.8 Ā± 2.3 | | āNumber of adults (ā„18 yrs) | | 4.1 Ā± 1.8 | | 4.1 Ā± 1.8 | | 4.1 Ā± 1.8 | | āNumber of children (<18 yrs) | | 2.7 Ā± 1.6 | | 2.7 Ā± 1.6 | | 2.7 Ā± 1.6 |
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ā Statistically significant at 0.05 level.
ā ā Statistically significant at 0.01 level.
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