Snacking Behaviour and Its Determinants among College-Going Students in Coastal South India

Table 3

Snacking behaviour of the study population according to the gender ().

Characteristic	Number of males/total (%)	Number of females/total (%)	value
Snacking in between meals	228/412 (56.4)	242/453 (54.7)	0.618
Snacking frequency > twice a day (irrespective of the timings)	276/398 (69.3)	254/444 (57.2)	0.0001
Consumption of oily food items > 4 times a week	306/398 (76.8)	315/444 (70.9)	0.051
Consumption of aerated drinks > 4 times a week	90/398 (22.6)	70/444 (15.8)	0.011
Preference of snacks to fixed meals	183/394 (46.4)	235/437 (53.8)	0.035
Tendency to skip meals	200/395 (50.6)	249/425 (58.6)	0.022
Inclusion of fruits in snacks	268/386 (69.4)	338/433 (78.1)	0.005
Taste over nutrition	263/390 (67.4)	280/425 (68.2)	0.807

value significant at 0.05 cutoff level.