Demographic Variable Male (n=625)
Mean  ±  SD
Female (n=600)
Mean  ±  SD
P-value
Age(Years) 16.32 ± 0.98 16.18 ± 1.00 <0.001
Weight (kg) 70.68 ± 22.82 58.35 ± 13.40 <0.0001
Height (cm) 166.31 ±  7.75 158.15 ±  6.22 <0.0001
BMI (Kg/m²) 25.63 ± 8.29 23.00  ± 5.26 <0.0001
WC (cm) 77.82 ± 17.3 73.06 ± 10.22 <0.0001
WHtR 0.46 ± 0.09 0.46 ± 0.02 0.432
Overweight (%) 16.3 21.0 <0.0001
Obese (%) 25.3 12.6 <0.0001
Overweight or obese (%) 25.6 23.7 <0.0001
Table 1: Demographic and anthropometric characteristics of the study sample. SD=Standard Deviation
Frequency of foods intake (fruits, milk and energy drinks per week) was significantly higher among males than females (Table 2). While intake of (sweets, French fries and cake/doughnuts) was higher among females than among males. Results shows there was no significance difference in frequency of breakfast, vegetables, Sugarsweetened drink, and fast foods intake per week between males and females.