Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Barriers to Their Consumption among University Students in Kuwait: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of participants (N = 300).

Age groups (years)	<20	60 (20)
	20–35	229 (76.3)
	>35	11(3.7)
Gender	Male	151 (50.3)
	Female	149 (49.7)
Weight status (BMI)	Not overweight or obese	153 (51)
	Overweight and obese	147 (49)
Marriage status	Single	251 (83.7)
	Married	49 (16.3)
Family income (KD)	<1000 KD monthly	55 (18.3)
	≥1000 KD monthly	177 (59)
	Not sure	68 (22.7)
Colleges	Law	9 (3)
	Arts	38 (12.7)
	Sciences	40 (13.3)
	Medicine, public, and allied health	26 (8.7)
	Engineering and petroleum	33 (11)
	Education	71 (23.7)
	Sharia and Islamic studies	20 (6.7)
	Business administration	3 (1)
	Pharmacy	1 (0.3)
	Dentistry	3 (1)
	Social sciences	4 (1.3)
	Life sciences	39 (13)
	Architecture	1 (0.3)
	Computer science and engineering	12 (4)

Science-related colleges. KD: Kuwaiti dinar, BMI: body mass index in kg/m².