Table 5.
Comparison of wanting and liking levels toward high-calorie food cues and low-calorie food cues among groups.
| BE group | Control group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measure | Hungry condition (N = 29) | Satiated condition (N = 29) | Hungry condition (N = 29) | Satiated condition (N = 29) | Test statistics (F) |
| Wanting_high-calorie | 58.395 (21.004) | 43.693 (21.621) | 47.943 (19.763) | 30.395 (18.184) | 0.211 |
| Wanting_low-calorie | 45.839 (18.115) | 37.487 (18.104) | 42.969 (18.124) | 29.161 (16.327) | 0.377 |
| Liking_high-calorie | 69.406 (15.958) | 65.421 (19.725) | 65.441 (17.418) | 62.701 (18.205) | 0.029 |
| Liking_low-calorie | 53.475 (16.635) | 54.766 (18.678) | 52.812 (14.445) | 51.939 (15.376) | 0.225 |
Mean (standard deviation). BE group, binge eating group; control group, weight-matched control group.
Wanting_high-calorie: average of wanting VAS for high-calorie food stimulus, Wanting_low-calorie: average of wanting VAS for low-calorie food stimulus, Liking_high-calorie food cues: average of liking VAS for high-calorie food stimulus, Liking_low-calorie food cues: average of liking VAS for low-calorie food stimulus.