Participant characteristics
overweight
OBESE
Among the participants, 81·6 % were female, and the average age was 19·88 years. Freshmen comprised the largest group (48·0 %) of participants, and the majority had a moderate BMI, with 23·5 % being overweight or obese and 14·3 % underweight. Regarding their parents’ highest level of education, the majority had completed high school or lower (63·8 %). Most of the participants resided in school dormitories (82·7 %), while only twenty-four students (24·5 %) indicated that they had taken a nutrition-related course in college. A total of seventy-six participants (77·6 %) believed that they needed nutrition knowledge or information. There were no significant differences between the experimental and control groups in any baseline characteristics (
Demographic, BMI and prior knowledge characteristics of participantsNote. 