Table 2.
TFEQ-R18 -scores (mean, sd) in the weight categories of underweight (I), normal weight (II), overweight (III) and obese (IV).
I BMI < 18.5 n = 181 |
II BMI 18.5–24.9 n = 2 074 |
III BMI 25.0–29.9 n = 469 |
IV BMI ≥ 30.0 n = 154 |
p-value† | Pairwise comparisons | |
Cognitive Restraint |
19.5 (18.2) | 33.7 (18.7) | 41.2 (15.7) | 42.6 (15.2) | <0.001 | I vs II** I vs III** I vs IV** II vs III** II vs IV** III vs IVns |
Uncontrolled Eating |
30.7 (16.9) | 32.3 (17.0) | 33.3 (17.3) | 35.4 (15.8) | 0.05 | All pairwise comparisons NS |
Emotional Eating |
22.5 (22.2) | 30.3 (25.7) | 37.6 (28.8) | 46.6 (28.7) | <0.001 | I vs II** I vs III** I vs IV** II vs III** II vs IV** III vs IV* |
Cognitive Restraint, Uncontrolled Eating and Emotional Eating each get scores from 0 to 100, with higher values indicating more of the behaviour. (N = 2 878)
† = One way ANOVA, * = p < .05, ** = p < .001