Dietary Regimen, Overweight, and Obesity in Human Nutrition Students and Other Majors: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 2
Comparison of overweight/obesity between career type and self-reported dietary regimens.
Variable
Men (n = 65)
Women (n = 93)
X2
value
n
%
n
%
Diagnosis by BMI
6.191
0.013
Thinness/normal
40
61.5
74
79.6
Overweight/obesity
25
38.5
19
20.4
Human nutrition (n = 69)
Other careersa (n = 89)
n
%
n
%
Diagnosis by BMI
0.079
0.779
Thinness/normal
49
71.0
65
73.0
Overweight/obesity
20
29.0
24
27.0
Dietary regimen
0.238
0.625
Nonvegetarians
46
66.7
56
62.9
Vegetarians
23
33.3
33
37.1
Nonvegetarians (n = 102)
Vegetarians (n = 56)
n
%
n
%
Diagnosis by BMI
0.350
0.554
Thinness/normal
72
70.6
42
75.0
Overweight/obesity
30
29.4
14
25.0
Chi-square test. p significant. aIt included administration; architecture; communication sciences; accounting; education; nursing; environmental, civil, food and systems engineering; medicine; psychology and theology. BMI, body mass index.
