2 snacks a day (n = 192):

0.354b

Yes

44 (88.0%)

6 (12.0%)

No

117 (82.4%)

25 (17.6%)

Daily vegetables intake:

0.321b

Yes

94 (86.2%)

15 (13.8%)

No

68 (81.0%)

16 (19.0%)

Daily fruits intake:

0.363b

Yes

44 (88.0%)

6 (12.0%)

No

118 (82.5%)

25 (17.5%)

Daily meat intake:

0.508b

Yes

57 (86.4%)

9 (13.6%)

No

105 (82.7%)

22 (17.3%)

Daily milk intake:

0.284b

Yes

129 (85.4%)

22 (14.6%)

No

33 (78.6%)

9 (21.4%)

Fishes intake :

0.476c

<3 days a week

147 (83.1%)

30 (16.9%)

≥3 days a week

15 (93.8%)

1 (6.2%)

Eggs intake:

0.370b

<3 days a week

130 (82.8%)

27 (17.2%)

≥3 days a week

32 (88.9%)

4 (11.1%)

Iron-rich foods intake:

1.000c

<3 days a week

152 (83.5%)

30 (16.5%)

≥3 days a week

10 (90.9%)

1 (9.1%)

Grains intake:

1.000c

<3 days a week

156 (83.9%)

30 (16.1%)

≥3 days a week

6 (85.7%)

1 (14.3%)

Sugar added in foods (n = 192):

0.332b

Yes

56 (87.5%)

8 (12.5%)

No

105 (82.0%)

23 (18.0%)

Sugar intake per meal (teaspoon): mean

1.2 (0.4)

1.1 (0.4)

0.755a

Level of corrected knowledge in food consumption

0.125b

Low

36 (75.0%)

12 (25.0%)

Moderate

70 (88.6%)

9 (11.4%)

High

56 (84.8%)

10 (15.2%)

Level of corrected belief in food consumption

0.042b

Low

94 (79.7%)

24 (20.3%)

High

68 (90.7%)

7 (9.3%)