Results: About 70% of the students (69.9%) were of normal weight; more than one-fourth (25.7%)
were underweight; and 4.4% were overweight/obese students, with just 0.6% being obese (n ¼ 14).
According to 21 of the 29 items in the questionnaire found to be positively significant, girls had
more accurate habits than boys (13 versus 7 items, respectively). Compared with those underweight
or of normal weight, the proportion of those overweight/obese was smaller for those
having milk or juice at breakfast (P < 0.05), special meals prepared at least once daily at home (P <
0.05), and not selecting fast food such as hamburgers at meals (P < 0.01).