Consumption habits of school canteen and non-canteen users among Norwegian young adolescents: a mixed method analysis

Table 2 Frequency of food consumption for sample grouped by frequency of canteen use (n = 742)^a

Dietary habits		NEV^b	SEL	OFT	P value^c
	n	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
Fruit
< 5 times/week	346	225 (46.4)	72 (51.5)	49 (52.7)
≥ 5 times/week	373	260 (53.6)	69 (48.9)	44 (47.3)	0.40
Vegetables (raw, incl. salad)
< 5 times/week	410	264 (54.9)	87 (61.7)	59 (63.4)
≥ 5 times/week	305	217 (45.1)	54 (38.3)	34 (36.6)	0.16
Vegetables (cooked, not incl. potatoes)
< 5 times/week	461	301 (62.3)	96 (68.6)	64 (68.8)
≥ 5 times/week	255	182 (37.7)	44 (31.4)	29 (31.2)	0.25
Chocolate/sweets
< 3 times/week	549	378 (77.9)	106 (75.2)	65 (70.7)
≥ 3 times/week	169	107 (22.1)	35 (24.8)	27 (29.3)	0.30
Salty snacks
< 3 times/week	619	424 (88.5)	123 (87.9)	72 (78.3)
3 times/week	92	55 (11.5)	17 (12.1)	20 (21.7)	< 0.03
Baked sweets
< 3 times/week	641	440 (90.7)	127 (92.0)	74 (80.4)
≥ 3 times/week	74	45 (9.3)	11 (8.0)	18 (19.6)	0.007
Soft-drinks^d
< 3 times/week	648	446 (92.1)	128 (91.4)	74 (80.4)
≥ 3 times/week	68	38 (7.9)	12 (8.6)	18 (19.6)	0.002
Eat breakfast home^d
< 5 times/week	227	136 (28.0)	49 (34.5)	42 (45.2)
5 times/week	493	349 (72.0)	93 (65.5)	51 (54.8)	0.003

^aDiscrepancies in size from sample total may exist owing to missing values
^bNEV: adolescents never or rarely using the school canteen (n = 485); SEL: adolescents using the school canteen once a week (n = 142); OFT: adolescents using the school canteen ≥2 times a week (n = 93)
^cChi-square test between frequency of canteen use groups
^dEvaluated on the Monday-Friday school week

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