Table 2.
Differences in self-esteem and eating behavior between the amount of previous weight loss and the frequency of previous weight loss of ≥5 kg (n = 224)
| Reference category |
Amount of weight loss |
Frequency of weight loss of ≥5 kg |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| no weight loss (n = 65) |
5–10 kg (n = 91) |
>10 kg (n = 68) |
p valuea | once (n = 61) |
twice or more (n = 98) |
p valuea | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Self-esteem cut-offb | |||||||
| <15 | 27 (41.5) | 39 (42.9) | 33 (49.2) | 0.62 | 32 (52.5) | 40 (41.2) | 0.33 |
| 15–30 | 38 (58.5) | 52 (57.1) | 34 (50.8) | 29 (47.5) | 57 (58.8) | ||
| mean (SD) | mean (SD) | mean (SD) | p valuec | mean (SD) | mean (SD) | p valuec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-esteemb | 17.0 (8.5) | 17.6 (8.4) | 15.1 (7.0) | 0.16 | 15.7 (8.4) | 17.0 (7.6) | 0.55 |
| Eating behaviord | |||||||
| Uncontrolled eating | 43.1 (27.4) | 45.2 (20.8) | 49.9 (25.8) | 0.26 | 47.1 (21.1) | 47.3 (24.4) | 0.53 |
| Emotional eating | 37.4 (30.5) | 37.2 (28.6) | 44.2 (28.4) | 0.26 | 42.4 (27.6) | 38.9 (29.4) | 0.62 |
| Cognitive restraint eating | 41.7 (20.0) | 48.8 (20.7) | 46.1 (21.9) | 0.12 | 45.3 (22.1) | 49.1 (20.5) | 0.09 |
SD, standard deviation.
a
χ2 test.
b
Rosenberg's Self-esteem Scale scores.
c
One-way ANOVA.
d
TFEQ-R21 scores.