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Table 2 Breakfast and school meal characteristics and consumption pattern presented in n (%)

From: Breakfast characteristics, perception, and reasons of skipping among 8th and 9th-grade students at governmental schools, Jenin governance, West Bank

 

n

%

Breakfast characteristics (school days)

 Type of food

  Sandwich (cheese, labaneh, Zaater, sausage)

80

53

  Milk+ cookeies (cake +biscuits)

17

11.3

  Tea +cookies (cake +biscuits)

10

6.6

  Milk+ cereals

12

7.9

  Traditional breakfast

32

21.2

 Consumption company

  Alone

37

24.5

  With siblings

62

41.1

  With family

52

34.4

 Breakfast preparation

  Parents / mothers

113

74.8

  Ready food from outside the house

6

4.0

  I prepare it myself

28

18.5

  Brothers or sisters

4

2.6

School meal characteristics

 Type of food

  Sandwich (Cheese, labaneh, chocolate)

89

74.7

  Sandwich + fruits

5

4.2

  Sandwich and juices

9

7.6

  Cake or cookies, chips

6

5

  Fruits only

3

2.5

  Sandwich+ cookies or chocolate or cake

7

5.9