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. 2024 Jan 15;12:7. doi: 10.1186/s40337-024-00970-9

Table 3.

Composition of meals and comparison between music conditions

No music Focus music Playlist music H p Post hoc
Meal energy planned (kcal)

873

(53)

850

(78)

879

(41)

4.815 0.090
Eaten energy (kcal)

776

(114)

804

(124)

816

(121)

6.343 0.042 Nm < Pm (p = 0.041)
Uneaten energy (kcal)

97

(107)

45

(81)

63

(103)

14.138 0.001

Fm < Nm (p = 0.001)

Pm < Nm (p = 0.010)

Eaten proteins (grams)

29.43

(10.39)

33.63

(9.82)

35.09

(6.64)

14.909 0.001

Nm < Fm (p = 0.019)

Nm < Pm (p = 0.001)

Eaten lipid (grams)

35.89

(5.45)

36.11

(6.64)

38.22

(7.89)

8.187 0.017 Nm < Pm (p = 0.027)
Eaten carbohydrates (grams)

85.75

(18.32)

86.62 (16.18)

81.44

(14.97)

4.748 0.093
Eating rituals

0.52

(.42)

0.28

(.35)

0.36

(.35)

8.869 0.012 Fm < Nm (p = 0.009)
In time

0.84

(.28)

0.85

(.26)

0.88

(.19)

0.174 0.917
Mealtime Difficulty

5.47

(2.93)

5.34

(2.60)

5.62

(2.82)

0.125 0.882
Volume of the music

0.06

(0.18)

1.76

(0.76)

3.16

(0.92)

122.927  < 0.001

Nm < Fm (p < 0.001)

Nm < Pm (p < 0.001)

Fm < Pm (p < 0.001)

Pleasingness

0.34

(1.15)

3.70

(1.75)

4.80

(1.61)

96.426  < 0.001

Nm < Fm (p < 0.001)

Nm < Pm (p < 0.001)

Noise (dB) 50.20 (7.21) 54.70 (5.08) 57.36 (3.46) 8.757 0.013 Nm < Pm (p = 0.009)

Means and standard deviations between brackets

Nm no music, Fm focus music, Pm playlists music