Table 2.

The relationship between food thought suppression (FTSI), eating concern, and eating- and weight- related variables.

	Mean (SD)	FTSI (r)			FTSI (partial r)^a

	Overall n = 150	Overall n = 150	Women n = 110	Men n = 40	Women n = 110	Men n = 40

Current BMI	39.77(6.14)	.004	−.002	.054	.056	.023
Age of overweight onset	18.54(10.60)	.178^*	−.085	−.369^*	−.047	−.351
Age of first binge episode	24.59(12.72)	−.265^**	−.201^*	−.346^*	−.118	−.308
Age first lost 10 pounds via diet^b	22.42(9.39)	−.118	−.009	−.341	.063	−.346
Weight cycling^c	3.06(1.01)	.141	.046	.355^*	.044	.310
Time spent dieting as an adult^d	3.37(1.47)	.192^*	.083	.399^*	.001	.422^*

Note. BMI = body mass index.

partial correlations between the FTSI and dependent variables with the Eating Disorder Examination-Eating Concern subscale as the covariate.

this variable was slightly skewed for men, a SQRT transformation was applied.

number of times lost and regained 20 or more pounds.

Since you have been an adult—18 years old—how much of the time have you been on a diet, been trying to follow a diet, or in some way been limiting how much you were eating in order to lose weight or keep from regaining weight you had lost.

p < .05,

^**

p < .01.