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. 2024 Mar 7;10:50. doi: 10.1186/s40795-024-00832-2

Table 2.

Mean comparison of child eating behaviour by gender

Child eating behaviour Male (N = 140) Female (N = 116) p-value
Enjoyment of food 3.68 ± 0.96 3.41 ± 0.99 0.029
Emotional over eating 2.03 ± 0.68 2.08 ± 0.64 0.568
Satiety responsiveness 2.86 ± 0.74 3.15 ± 0.79 -0.003
Slowness in eating 2.70 ± 0.64 2.84 ± 0.57 0.600
Desire to drink 3.23 ± 1.14 3.16 ± 1.23 0.610
Food fussiness 2.81 ± 0.55 2.87 ± 0.53 0.375
Emotional under-eating 3.16 ± 1.08 3.22 ± 1.15 0.691
Food responsiveness 2.79 ± 0.82 2.66 ± 0.84 0.219