Association of Dietary Habits and Interest for Food and Science versus Weight Status in Children Aged 8 to 18 Years

Table 3

Body mass index groups for the reference group and the food and science groups.

	Total study population (n = 525)	Reference group (n = 290)	Food group (n = 194)	Science group (n = 41)	value
Underweight	9.7%	6.9%	13.4%	12.2%	0.035
Normal weight	68.4%	65.2%	72.2%	73.2%	0.21
Overweight	16.6%	20.3%	11.3%	14.6%	0.031
Obesity	5.3%	7.6%	3.1%	0.0%	0.028
Obesity and overweight	21.9%	27.9%	14.4%	14.6%	0.001

Percentiles at the age of 18 years: underweight = BMI < 18.4; normal weight = 18.5 < BMI < 24.9; overweight = 25.0 < BMI < 29.9; obesity ≥ 30.