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Table 1 Characteristics of participants including demographics, BMI, SPFL levels and HPL levels

From: Food and health promotion literacy among employees with a low and medium level of education in the Netherlands

Characteristic

n

 

Subgroup

n (%)

Gender

221

   
   

Men

135 (61.1%)

   

Women

86 (38.9%)

Age (M ± SD)

216

42.6 ± 13.0

  
   

<  40 years

86 (39.8%)

   

≥ 40 years

130 (60.2%)

Level of education

222

   
   

Low

109 (49.1%)

   

Medium

113 (50.9%)

BMI (M ± SD)

211

25.9 ± 4.3

  

Weight-status

  

Healthy weight

94 (44.5%)

Overweight

80 (37.9%)

Obese

37 (17.5%)

SPFL (M ± SD)

203

3.37 ± .47

  

Range

 

1.00–5.00

  
   

Low

128 (63.1%)

   

High

75 (36.9%)

HPL (M ± SD)

220

3.11 ± .40

  

Range

 

1.00–4.00

  
   

Inadequate

21 (9.5%)

   

Problematic

55 (25%)

   

Sufficient

144 (65.4%)