Research Article

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

Table 4

Relationship between the type of career and type of diet evaluated.

VariableHuman nutrition (n = 69)Other careersa (n = 89)X2 value
n%n%

Dietary regimen5.3780.020
 Nonvegetarians5681.2%8393.3%
 Vegetarians1318.8%66.7%

Chi-square test. p significant. aIt included administration; architecture; communication sciences; accounting; education; nursing; environmental, civil, food and systems engineering; medicine; psychology and theology.