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

Table 4

Snacking behaviour of the study population according to the type of school management.

Characteristic	Number of government college students/total (%)	Number of private college students/total (%)	value
Snacking in between meals	277/480 (57.7)	193/364 (53.0)	0.175
Snacking frequency > twice a day (irrespective of the timings)	270/490 (55.1)	276/375 (73.6)	<0.0001
Consumption of oily food items > 4 times a week	364/490 (74.3)	274/375 (73.1)	0.686
Consumption of aerated drinks > 4 times a week	044/490 (09.0)	118/375 (31.5)	<0.0001
Preference of snacks to fixed meals	282/482 (58.5)	147/372 (39.5)	<0.0001
Tendency to skip meals	284/470 (60.4)	180/371 (48.5)	0.001
Inclusion of fruits	349/475 (73.5)	275/367 (74.9)	0.632
Taste over nutrition	285/461 (61.8)	278/372 (74.7)	<0.0001

value significant at 0.05 cutoff level.