Table 3.

One-way ANOVA for the association between Children’s Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ) subscales and BMI percentile weight category, with effect sizes and post hoc analysis, among children aged 3–10 years (n 2500), Tuzla Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina, September 2016–September 2017

CEBQ subscale	BMI percentile weight category	Mean	sd
FR	Underweight	8·13a	3·13
F(3,2499) = 61·560	Normal	7·91a	2·88
P < 0·001	Overweight	9·02b	3·82
= 0·069	Obese	10·44b	4·65
EOE	Underweight	4·15a,b	1·45
F(3,2496) = 12·290	Normal	4·09a	1·50
P < 0·001	Overweight	4·42b,c	1·74
= 0·015	Obese	4·62c	2·21
EF	Underweight	12·68a	3·99
F(3,2495) = 9·940	Normal	13·09a	3·31
P < 0·001	Overweight	13·90b	3·15
= 0·011	Obese	13·69b	3·21
DD	Underweight	7·91a	2·99
F(3,2496) = 2·760	Normal	7·27b	2·88
P < 0·05	Overweight	7·39a,b,c	2·85
= 0·003	Obese	7·48a,b,c	2·91
SR	Underweight	12·46a	3·04
F(3,2496) = 25·965	Normal	11·53a	2·99
P < 0·001	Overweight	10·75b	2·72
= 0·030	Obese	10·51b	2·67
SE	Underweight	11·65a	3·01
F(3,2496) = 29·530	Normal	10·49a	2·67
P < 0·001	Overweight	9·82b	2·24
= 0·034	Obese	9·67b	2·31
EUE	Underweight	10·65a	3·46
F(3,2496) = 5·912	Normal	9·89b	3·36
P < 0·001	Overweight	9·46b	3·16
= 0·030	Obese	9·59b	3·09
FF	Underweight	16·62	3·08
F(3,2496) = 2·187	Normal	16·51	2·82
P = 0·088	Overweight	16·47	2·69
= 0·003	Obese	16·11	2·97

FR, Food Responsiveness; EOE, Emotional Overeating; EF, Enjoyment of Food; DD, Desire to Drink; SR, Satiety Responsiveness; SE, Slowness in Eating; EUE, Emotional Undereating; FF, Food Fussiness.

P < 0·05 is considered significant.

^a,b,cMean values within each subscale with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (post hoc analysis using Tukey’s honestly significant difference test): P < 0·05.