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Table 1 Concerns related to food issues and food education

From: Evaluating willingness to become a food education volunteer among urban residents in Japan: toward a participatory food policy

Items

Age group

Test results (sample size)

Sex

Test results (sample size)

Percentage of response (%)

<40 years

≥40 years

Females

Males

Healthy growth of mind and body

55.4

52.3

n(1254)

58.0

33.3

***(1254)

Lifestyle diseases

37.7

44.7

**(1254)

43.5

35.9

**(1254)

Food safety

33.6

45.6

***(1254)

43.3

31.6

***(1254)

Disorders of eating habits

40.5

33.6

**(1254)

37.3

30.7

*(1254)

Respect for food and nature

16.2

13.9

n(1254)

16.0

9.1

***(1254)

Increase in obesity and underweight

15.8

12.5

+(1254)

14.2

11.7

n(1254)

Food waste

14.3

12.5

n(1254)

13.3

12.6

n(1254)

Decline in food self-sufficiency

7.6

11.6

**(1254)

9.2

14.3

**(1254)

Gastronomic and local heritage

10.6

8.0

+(1254)

8.4

11.3

+(1254)

Environmentally friendly food production

3.0

6.1

**(1254)

4.4

7.4

*(1254)

Building relationship with farmers

0.2

1.5

**(1254)

1.1

0.9

n(1254)

  1. Note: Chi-square test was employed. ***, **, *, + show 1%, 5%, 10%, 20% (as reference) significance levels, respectively, and n shows no significance. For each item, yes = 1, no = 0; no snswer also = 0.