Table 2 Health-related variables of food bank clients at all three locations (n = 276)

BMI [Mean (SD), min-max]

26.45 (7.3), 18–68

28.74 (6.0), 17–42

28.36 (7.6), 13–68

27.78 (7.2), 13–68

0.002

BMI categories [%]

0.004

underweight

1.1

1.6

1.8

1.5

normalweight

52.7

28.6

32.7

38.7

overweight

24.7

31.7

37.3

31.6

obese

21.5

38.1

28.2

28.2

Alcohol consumption ^a) [%]

0.011

never

41.2

55.4

48.8

once a month or less

28.9

27.7

28.2

2–4 times a month

13.4

12.5

12.9

2–3 times a week

10.3

2.7

6.2

4 times a week or more

6.2

1.8

3.8

Smoker %

60.4

35.4

46.9

0.000

Chronic illness ^a)

66.3

64.5

65.4

0.203

asthma

15.3

12.5

13.8

0.557

diabetes

6.1

13.5

10.0

0.076

hypertension

18.4

30.6

24.9

0.041

back pain

34.7

38.4

36.7

0.579

rheumatism

9.2

8.0

8.1

0.767

other

41.8

17.9

29.0

0.000

Self-reported health status ^a) [%]

0.700

very good

3.1

7.0

5.2

good

33.0

21.1

26.5

moderate

42.3

52.6

47.9

bad

15.5

14.9

15.2

very bad

6.2

4.4

5.2