Malnutrition, Eating Habits, Food Consumption, and Risk Factors of Malnutrition among Students at the University of Maroua, Cameroon

Table 3

Overall description of the study population.

Parameters	Variables	Frequency	Percentages (%)
Nationality	Cameroonian	210	63.6
	Chadian	120	36.4
Gender	Female	89	27.0
	Male	241	73.0
Level of education	Undergraduate	269	81.6
	Graduate	61	18.5
Establishments attended	Higher Teachers’ Training College	64	19.4
	Faculty of Science	78	23.6
	Faculty of Human and Social Sciences	124	37.6
	Faculty of Law and Political Sciences	17	5.2
	Faculty of Economics and Management Science	18	55
	National Polytechnic High School	29	8.8
Place of residence	Living with family	109	33.0
	Living alone	221	67.0
Marital status	Married	34	10.3
	Single	296	89.7

The mean age of the participants was 23.95 ± 3.67 years and BMI was 22.19 ± 2.78 kg/m2. Furthermore, age and waist-to-hip ratio were significantly higher among men while women exhibited a high BMI () (Table 4).