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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Dec 6.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Eat Disord. 2008 Jul;41(5):411–418. doi: 10.1002/eat.20514

TABLE 1.

The prevalence of night eating symptoms in participants aged 15–39 years

Prevalence
in Night
Eaters,
n = 2,068 (%)
Prevalence in
Nonnight
Eaters,
n = 6,182 (%)
Eating 50+ Eating anything
after 7 pm after 11 pm
  No No 0.0 100.0
  No Yes 40.4 0.0
  Yes No 42.6 0.0
  Yes Yes 17.0 0.0
Breakfast skipping* 31.9 17.3
Felt depressed 2 weeks** 43.2 37.5
Always tired 27.9 26.0
Trouble sleeping 26.5 23.6
No sleep 16.3 14.8
Lost appetite 14.9 13.2
BMI ≥ 30 13.8 17.5
*

p < .0001

**

p < .05.