Table 2

Frequency of snacking among adolescents in eight snacking contexts according to year level, gender and region
Snacking context
 M (± SD) snacking/weeka
 Total %
 Year level %
 Gender %
 Region %
n = 3250

7
 9
Male
 Female
Metro
 Non-Metro
After school
 4.6 (± 2.4)








**
     not in last month
4
 4
 3
4
 3
4
 3
     once/twice a month
7
 8
 7
8
 7
8
 5
     once/twice a week
14
 14
 14
14
 14
15
 13
     most days
41
 39
 43
39
 43
40
 42
     every day
34
 35
 33
35
 33
33
 37
While watching TV
 3.5 (± 2.5)








**
     not in last month
7
 8
 6
9
 6
7
 9
     once/twice a month
12
 12
 11
12
 12
12
 12
     once/twice a week
26
 25
 28
24
 27
24
 29
     most days
39
 39
 39
38
 39
40
 35
     every day
16
 16
 16
17
 15
17
 15
While hanging out with friends
 2.4 (± 2.5)


**

**


     not in last month
14
 16
 11
17
 12
15
 13
     once/twice a month
25
 24
 27
24
 27
25
 25
     once/twice a week
24
 22
 27
24
 24
23
 26
     most days
27
 27
 26
25
 27
27
 25
     every day
10
 11
 9
10
 10
10
 11
While doing homework or working
 1.8 (± 2.3)





**

*
     not in last month
29
 30
 28
36
 24
30
 28
     once/twice a month
20
 19
 21
19
 21
19
 21
     once/twice a week
23
 23
 24
20
 26
22
 26
     most days
22
 22
 21
19
 24
23
 19
     every day
6
 6
 6
6
 5
6
 6
On the run
 1.3 (± 2.0)





**


     not in last month
28
 30
 25
31
 25
29
 26
     once/twice a month
30
 30
 31
28
 32
30
 31
     once/twice a week
24
 23
 26
22
 26
23
 26
     most days
14
 14
 15
14
 14
14
 14
     every day
4
 4
 4
5
 3
4
 4
On the way to or from school
 1.0 (± 2.0)





*


     not in last month
57
 56
 59
56
 57
57
 56
     once/twice a month
17
 17
 17
17
 17
17
 17
     once/twice a week
12
 13
 11
11
 13
12
 13
     most days
10
 10
 8
10
 10
10
 9
     every day
4
 4
 5
6
 3
4
 5
All day long
 0.8 (± 1.8)


**





     not in last month
63
 67
 56
63
 63
62
 65
     once/twice a month
16
 14
 20
15
 16
16
 16
     once/twice a week
10
 9
 12
10
 11
11
 10
     most days
8
 7
 8
8
 7
8
 6
     every day
3
 3
 4
4
 3
3
 3
In middle of night
 0.4 (± 1.4)





**

**
     not in last month
80
 81
 78
75
 84
77
 85
     once/twice a month
9
 9
 10
10
 9
11
 6
     once/twice a week
5
 4
 5
6
 3
5
 4
     most days
4
 4
 4
5
 3
4
 3
     every day
2
 2
 3
4
 1
3
 2

Snacks are defined as foods and/or drinks that are consumed outside the main meals of breakfast, lunch and dinner.

a Mean (± SD) times per week adolescents (n = 3,250) snacked in each snacking context.

* p ≤ 0.01, ** p ≤ 0.001. Pearson's chi square test of significance.

Savige et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2007 4:36   doi:10.1186/1479-5868-4-36