Research Article

Food Addiction, Saturated Fat Intake, and Body Mass Index in Peruvian Adults: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Table 2

Hours of sleep, BMI, physical activity, diet, and food addiction.

AddictionNo addictionX2
n%n%

Hours of sleep
<61712.6238.92.1030.349
6–811484.422386.1
>843135

BMI (kg/m2)
Underweight4331.222.545<0.001
Normal584315660.2
Overweight4130.47930.5
Obesity3223.7218.1

Physical activity
Never3727.43915.112.0310.017
1-2 times/week6447.413251.0
3-4 times/week1914.15621.6
5-6 times/week64.4207.7
Everyday96.7124.6

Diet regimen
Vegetarian2216.36525.13.9940.046
Nonvegetarian11383.719474.9

BMI, body mass index; value. The Chi-square test (χ2) was used to assess the degree of significance of the data on lifestyle, diet, BMI, and food addiction categories. represents the probability that the food addiction categories are associated with the aforementioned data. Statistical significance.