Dietary Regimen, Overweight, and Obesity in Human Nutrition Students and Other Majors: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Comparison of the frequency of food consumption by type of career.

Food groups	Foods	Human nutrition (n = 69)	Other careers^a (n = 89)	U	value
		Median	Median
Tubers	Potato, sweet potato, cassava, olluco, chuño^1	71.3	85.9	2505.0	0.039
	French fries or fried sweet potato^1	65.1	90.6	2080.0	<0.001
Vegetables	Yellow or orange color: Carrot, pumpkin, squash^1	88.7	72.4	2436.0	0.020
	Purple color: beet, eggplant, purple cabbage^1	87.4	73.4	2528.5	0.049
Fruits	Citrus: orange, tangerine, kiwi, strawberry^1	88.1	72.8	2476.5	0.029
Meats	Eggs^2	91.5	70.2	2245.5	0.002
Dairy and dairy products	Whole milk^1	89.5	71.7	2378.5	0.013
	Yogurt^1	89.1	72.1	2409.5	0.017
	Custard, pudding, flan^1	72.2	85.2	2565.0	0.048
Soy and soy products	Tofu or soy cheese^1	91.2	70.4	2261.0	0.003
Oils and fats	Olive oil^1	91.5	70.2	2245.0	0.003
	Sunflower, corn, soybean oil^1	96.9	66.0	1870.0	<0.001
	Flour fritters^1	70.7	86.4	2460.0	0.027
Sweet and bakery products	Chocolate cookies^1	71.7	85.6	2531.0	0.050
	Pies, croissants^1	71.0	86.1	2480.5	0.030
	Cookies with filling^1	70.5	86.5	2448.5	0.024
	Candies, mints^1	68.6	87.9	2319.0	0.006
Beverages	Soft drinks^1	70.1	86.8	2425.0	0.016
	Alcoholic beverages^1	84.3	75.8	2742.5	0.037

Mann-Whitney U test. only significant results. ^aIt included administration; architecture; communication sciences; accounting; education; nursing; environmental, civil, food and systems engineering; medicine; psychology and theology. ¹0 = 0 times/week, 1 = 0.25 times/week, 2 = 0.5 times/week, 3 = 1.5 times/week, 4 = 3.5 times/week, 5 = 5.5 times/week and 6 = 7 times/week. SD, standard deviation.