Gender differences and access to a sports dietitian influence dietary habits of collegiate athletes

Hull, Michael V.; Jagim, Andrew R.; Oliver, Jonathan M.; Greenwood, Mike; Busteed, Deanna R.; Jones, Margaret T.

doi:10.1186/s12970-016-0149-4

Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition

Table 5 General Eating Habits

From: Gender differences and access to a sports dietitian influence dietary habits of collegiate athletes

Question	Response	AthSD		AthNoSD		Unanswered		Total
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	Pearson X² and p value
In one typical weekday (Monday-Friday), how many times do you eat beans/nuts/soy	Never	32	15.46	28	20.59	0	0.00	60	17.44	38.034 0.001
	1-2	112	54.11	55	40.44	0	0.00	167	48.55
	3–4	28	13.53	36	26.47	0	0.00	64	18.60
	5–6	21	10.14	6	4.41	0	0.00	27	7.85
	7–8	10	4.83	5	3.68	1	100.00	16	4.65
	9–10	2	0.97	2	1.47	0	0.00	4	1.16
	>10	2	0.97	4	2.94	0	0.00	6	1.74
	Total	207	100.00	136	100.00	1	100.00	344	100.00
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	Pearson X² and p value
In one typical weekday (Monday-Friday), how many times do you eat sweets/dessert	Never	25	12.08	17	12.32	0	0.00	42	12.14	74.592 0.001
	1–2	102	49.28	63	45.65	0	0.00	165	47.69
	3–4	47	22.71	29	21.01	0	0.00	76	21.97
	5–6	22	10.63	12	8.70	0	0.00	34	9.83
	7–8	7	3.38	10	7.25	0	0.00	17	4.91
	9–10	2	0.97	2	1.45	1	100.00	5	1.45
	>10	2	0.97	5	3.62	0	0.00	7	2.02
	Total	207	100.00	138	100.00	1	100.00	346	100.00
Question	Response	Men		Women		Total
Question		N	%	N	%	N	%			Pearson X² and p value
Are you a vegetarian	Yes	0	0.00	8	3.33	8	2.10			4.801 0.028
	No	141	100.00	232	96.67	373	97.90
	Total	141	100.00	240	100.00	381	100.00
		N	%	N	%	N	%			Pearson X² and p value
Do you eat meat (Ex: beef, pork)	Yes	140	99.29	223	92.92	363	95.28			8.017 0.005
	No	1	0.71	17	7.08	18	4.72
	Total	141	100.00	240	100.00	381	100.00
		N	%	N	%	N	%			Pearson X² and p value
Are you trying to gain weight	Yes	35	25.00	10	4.17	45	11.84			40.037 0.001
	No	101	72.14	228	95.00	329	86.58
	N/A	4	2.86	2	0.83	6	1.58
	Total	140	100.00	240	100.00	380	100.00
		N	%	N	%	N	%			Pearson X² and p value
Throughout a 7-day week, how many times do you eat fast food	Never	54	38.03	112	46.67	166	43.46			15.021 0.020
	1–2	55	38.73	100	41.67	155	40.58
	3–4	22	15.49	14	5.83	36	9.42
	5–6	8	5.63	7	2.92	15	3.93
	7–8	2	1.41	6	2.50	8	2.09
	9–10	1	0.70	0	0.00	1	0.26
	>10	0	0.00	1	0.42	1	0.26
	Total	142	100.00	240	100.00	382	100.00
		N	%	N	%	N	%			Pearson X² and p value
Throughout a 7-day week, how many times do you eat at a restaurant that prepares and delivers food to your table, or order take-out food (non-fast food)	Never	27	19.15	70	29.91	97	25.87			14.522 0.013
	1–2	80	56.74	129	55.13	209	55.73
	3–4	24	17.02	32	13.68	56	14.93
	5–6	6	4.26	3	1.28	9	2.40
	7–8	2	1.42	0	0.00	2	0.53
	9–10	2	1.42	0	0.00	2	0.53
	Total	141	100.00	234	100.00	375	100.00
		N	%	N	%	N	%			Pearson X² and p value
Throughout a 7-day week, how many times do you prepare breakfast/lunch/dinner	Never	29	20.71	23	9.66	52	13.76			15.746 0.015
	1–2	34	24.29	58	24.37	92	24.34
	3–4	28	20.00	45	18.91	73	19.31
	5–6	19	13.57	26	10.92	45	11.90
	7–8	7	5.00	29	12.18	36	9.52
	9–10	3	2.14	10	4.20	13	3.44
	>10	20	14.29	47	19.75	67	17.72
	Total	140	100.00	238	100.00	378	100.00
		N	%	N	%	N	%			Pearson X² and p value
Throughout a 7-day week, how many times do you eat at an on campus food service	Never	23	16.20	56	23.43	79	20.73			14.727 0.022
	1–2	27	19.01	61	25.52	88	23.10
	3–4	21	14.79	32	13.39	53	13.91
	5–6	19	13.38	32	13.39	51	13.39
	7–8	12	8.45	24	10.04	36	9.45
	9–10	7	4.93	10	4.18	17	4.46
	>10	33	23.24	24	10.04	57	14.96
	Total	142	100.00	239	100.00	381	100.00
		N	%	N	%	N	%			Pearson X² and p value
In one typical weekday (Monday-Friday), how many times do you eat beef/chicken/fish/eggs	Never	0	0.00	5	2.09	5	1.32			23.813 0.001
	1–2	31	21.99	97	40.59	128	33.68
	3–4	32	22.70	55	23.01	87	22.89
	5–6	33	23.40	26	10.88	59	15.53
	7–8	23	16.31	32	13.39	55	14.47
	9–10	10	7.09	11	4.60	21	5.53
	>10	12	8.51	13	5.44	25	6.58
	Total	141	100.00	239	100.00	380	100.00
		N	%	N	%	N	%			Pearson X² and p value
In one typical weekday (Monday-Friday), how many times do you eat dairy products	Never	1	0.70	12	5.02	13	3.41			14.370 0.026
	1–2	32	22.54	67	28.03	99	25.98
	3–4	44	30.99	72	30.13	116	30.45
	5–6	28	19.72	32	13.39	60	15.75
	7–8	14	9.86	31	12.97	45	11.81
	9–10	13	9.15	8	3.35	21	5.51
	>10	10	7.04	17	7.11	27	7.09
	Total	142	100.00	239	100.00	381	100.00

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