Research Article

A Multicenter Study Evaluating the Stages of Change in Food Consumption with Warning Labels among Chilean University Students

Table 4

Comparisons of the importance and confidence to change consumption of particular foods by nutritional status among women.

Under weightNormal weightOverweightObese
(n=135)(n=2225)(n=781)(n=234)

Soft drinks
 Importance6.5 ± 3.36.9 ± 3.36.9 ± 3.56.9 ± 3.2
 Confidence7.2 ± 2.87.7 ± 2.67.4 ± 2.77.1 ± 2.7
Juices
 Importance6.1 ± 3.26.6 ± 3.26.7 ± 3.16.5 ± 3.2
 Confidence7.0 ± 2.87.3 ± 2.77.4 ± 2.76.9 ± 2.8
Cookies
 Importance5.6 ± 3.26.6 ± 3.06.8 ± 2.97.1 ± 2.7
 Confidence5.7 ± 3.26.2 ± 2.96.2 ± 2.86.0 ± 2.8
Sweet snacks
 Importance6.1 ± 3.36.9 ± 3.17.3 ± 2.97.4 ± 2.7
 Confidence6.0 ± 3.16.5 ± 3.06.5 ± 2.86.2 ± 2.9
Potato chips
 Importance6.3 ± 3.47.0 ± 3.27.1 ± 3.17.4 ± 2.9
 Confidence5.9 ± 3.36.8 ± 3.06.7± 2.96.8 ± 2.9
Cold cuts
 Importance6.2 ± 3.46.9 ± 3.26.8 ± 3.26.9 ± 3.0
 Confidence6.8 ± 3.17.2 ± 2.97.0 ± 2.96.5 ± 3.0
Soups
 Importance6.5 ± 3.56.9 ± 3.66.8 ± 3.66.5 ± 3.6
 Confidence7.6 ± 3.18.0 ± 2.87.8 ± 2.97.8 ± 3.0
Chocolate
 Importance5.6 ± 3.56.4 ± 3.36.9 ± 3.17.0 ± 3.1
 Confidence5.3 ± 3.45.5 ± 3.35.7 ± 3.25.2 ± 3.2
Ice-cream
 Importance5.7 ± 3.46.3 ± 3.16.7 ± 3.26.8 ± 3.1
 Confidence5.4 ± 3.36.3 ± 3.16.4 ± 3.06.4 ± 3.0
Breakfast cereals
 Importance6.1 ± 3.46.6 ± 3.46.7 ± 3.46.5 ± 3.4
 Confidence5.9 ± 3.36.8 ± 3.27.3 ± 3.06.8 ± 3.1

Values expressed as mean ± SD. Anova test post hoc Bonferroni. Equal letters indicate significant differences.