Table 3.
Comparison of food consumption and eating behaviours between a German normative sample, Palestinian clinical and Western clinical countries
| Palestine n = 147 |
Western n = 518 |
Normative | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | n | F-value | p | |
| Healthy food & drinks | 2.75a (0.08) | 2.52ab (0.02) | 2.84b (0.01) | 994 | 7.68 | 0.006 |
| Diet products | 2.48ab (0.08) | 2.28a (0.02) | 2.24b (0.01) | 985 | 6.69 | 0.010 |
| Traditional products | 2.79a (0.70) | 2.51a (0.02) | 2.41a (0.01) | 976 | 16.47 | <0.001 |
| Fast food | 2.34a (0.10) | 2.09a (0.03) | 6.09 | 0.014 | ||
| Regular meals | 3.83a (0.10) | 2.50ab (0.03) | 3.72b (0.02) | 1101 | 10.78 | 0.001 |
| Unhealthy snacking | 3.01a (0.15) | 2.48a (0.04) | 2.35a (0.02) | 999 | 11.34 | 0.001 |
| Eating away from home | 2.18 (0.21) | 2.46a (0.05) | 2.20a (0.03) | 1009 | 1.66 | 0.198 |
| Emotional eating | 1.99 (0.19) | 2.19a (0.05) | 1.83a (0.03) | 996 | 1.04 | 0.309 |
| Eating socially | 2.59 (0.19) | 2.88a (0.05) | 3.05a (0.03) | 1004 | 2.16 | 0.141 |
Means are estimated marginal means controlling for diagnosis type. Means for consumption of products are on a 1 to 4 Likert scale and means for eating behaviours are on a 1 to 5 Likert scale. Values with the same subscript differ at the p < 0.05 level in post-hoc tests with Bonferroni corrections. No normative information is available for fast food consumption.