Identifying perceived barriers and enablers of healthy eating in college students in Hawai’i: a qualitative study using focus groups

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of focus group participants at UHM (n = 44)

	Characteristic	Total (n[%])
Gender	Female	33 (75%)
Gender	Male	11 (25%)
	Age (yrs) (mean ± SD)	19.4 ± 1.9
BMI Category	BMI (kg/m²) (mean ± SD)	22.7 ± 3.5
	Underweight (BMI < 18.5)	6 (14%)
	Normal (BMI 18.5–25)	26 (60%)
	Overweight (BMI 25–30)	8 (18%)
	Obese (BMI 30+)	1 (2%)
	No response	3 (7%)
Hispanic	Hispanic	8 (18%)
Hispanic	Not Hispanic	36 (82%)
Race	Multiracial^a	9 (20%)
	Asian (Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese)	17 (39%)
	White	15 (34%)
	Not reported	3 (7%)
Class Standing	Freshmen	18 (41%)
	Sophomore	6 (14%)
	Junior	8 (18%)
	Senior	7 (16%)
	5th year / grad student	1 (2%)
	No Response	4 (9%)
Major	Biological Sciences^b	16 (36%)
	Health Focus^c	6 (14%)
	Other	22 (50%)

^aMultiracial: Participants who reported as ≥2 races
^bBiological sciences: majors pertaining to biology and other related studies (microbiology, marine biology, etc..)
^cHealth focus was defined as majors pertaining to nutrition, medicine, and kinesiology

ISSN: 2055-0928