Table 6 Descriptive statistical analysis of individual dietary habits
Sub-variable | CG N (%) | IG N (%) | Sub-variable | CG N (%) | IG N (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of meals (day) | 1 | - | 1(8.3) | Number of overeating | 3 times < (day) | - | - |
2 | 12(92.3) | 11(91.7) | 2 times (day) | 1 (7.7) | - | ||
3 | 1(7.7) | - | 1 time (day) | 1 (7.7) | 2(16.7) | ||
4 | - | - | 3–4 times (week) | 1 (7.7) | - | ||
Meal time | Very irregular | 3 (23.1) | 2(16.7) | 1–2 times (week) | 4 (30.8) | 5(41.7) | |
Irregular | 5 (38.5) | 3(25.0) | No overeating | 6 (46.2) | 5(41.7) | ||
Regular | 4 (30.8) | 6(50.0) | Overeating meal | Breakfast | - | - | |
Very regular | 1 (7.7) | 1(8.3) | Lunch | 1 (24.3) | 3(42.9) | ||
Amount of meal | Very scarce | 1 (7.7) | 1(8.3) | Dinner | 6 (85.7) | 9(57.1) | |
Little lack | 2 (15.4) | 1(8.3) | Number of eating out | 1–2 times (day) | 1(7.7) | - | |
Moderate | 9 (69.2) | 8(66.7) | 3–4 times (week) | 2 (15.4) | 2(16.7) | ||
Slightly full | 1 (7.7) | 1(8.3) | 1–2 times (week) | 6 (46.2) | 8(66.7) | ||
Very full | - | - | No eating out | 4 (30.8) | 2(16.7) | ||
Time period of meal | < 10 min | 4 (30.8) | 1(8.3) | Number of snack | 3 times < (day) | - | - |
10–20 min | 4 (30.8) | 6(50.0) | 2 times (day) | 1 (7.7) | - | ||
> 20 min | 5 (38.5) | 5(41.7) | 1 time (day) | 1 (7.7) | 4(33.3) | ||
Skip a meal | Breakfast | 10 (76.9) | 8(66.7) | 5–6 times (week) | 2 (15.4) | 2(16.7) | |
Lunch | 2 (15.4) | 2(16.7) | 3–4 times (week) | 2 (15.4) | 2(16.7) | ||
Dinner | 1 (7.7) | 1(8.3) | 1–2 times (week) | 4 (30.8) | 3(25.0) | ||
No skip | - | 1(8.3) | No snack | 3 (23.1) | 1(8.3) | ||
Reasons for skipping breakfast | No skipping | 2 (15.4) | 3(25.0) | Snack time | Breakfast ∼ lunch | 1 (7.7) | 1(8.3) |
Over sleeping | 1 (7.7) | 1(8.3) | Lunch ∼ dinner | 5 (38.5) | 6(50.0) | ||
No appetite | 2 (15.4) | 3(25.0) | After dinner | 3 (23.1) | 1(8.3) | ||
Indigestion | 1 (7.7) | - | Anytime | 4 (30.8) | 4(33.3) | ||
No preparing breakfast | - | 1(8.3) | Number of late-night meal | Every day | 1 (7.7) | - | |
Lose weight | 1 (7.7) | 1(8.3) | 3–4 times (week) | 1 (7.7) | 1(8.3) | ||
Habitually | 6 (46.2) | 3(25.0) | 1–2 times (week) | 2 (15.4) | 3(25.0) | ||
Amount of rice | More than a bowl | 2 (15.4) | 1(8.3) | 1–3 times (month) | 2 (15.4) | 2(16.7) | |
A bowl | 5 (38.5) | 7(58.3) | No late-night meal | 7 (53.9) | 6(50.0) | ||
2/3 bowl | 4 (30.8) | 2(16.7) | Un-balanced feeding | Yes | 5 (38.5) | 6(50%) | |
1/2 bowl | 2 (15.4) | 2(16.7) | |||||
No | 8 (61.5) | 6(50%) | |||||
1/3 bowl | - | - |