Table 1.

Distribution and associated sociodemographic features of overeating categories by gender

		Girls					Boys
		No overeating % (n)	Overeating without loss of control % (n)	Binge eating % (n)	p-value		No overeating % (n)	Overeating without loss of control % (n)	Binge eating % (n)	p-value
		83.6 (1229)	6.9 (101)	9.6 (141)			88.8 (1145)	5.0 (64)	6.3 (81)
Episode frequency distributions	n	%	%	%		n	%	%	%
Nearly every day	34	---	12.9	14.9		21	---	11.1	17.3
A few times a week	58	---	8.9	34.8		38	---	15.9	34.6
A few times a month	63	---	22.8	28.4		38	---	20.6	30.9
< once a month	87	---	55.5	22.0		47	---	52.4	17.3
Sociodemographic variable	n	%	%	%		n	%	%	%
Race
White	246	80.9	10.2	8.9	0.08	275	93.5	2.2	4.4	0.01
Black	423	85.3	6.4	8.3		374	89.3	4.8	5.9
Asian-American	251	87.3	4.8	8.0		212	89.6	3.8	6.6
Hispanic	293	78.8	8.5	12.6		358	82.2	9.3	8.5
Mixed/Other	252	84.5	4.8	10.7		168	88.7	4.8	6.6
Age
≤12	284	84.2	8.5	7.4	0.60	242	90.1	5.8	4.1	0.73
13–14	502	83.7	7.2	9.2		393	87.3	5.3	7.4
15–16	449	83.3	5.8	10.9		388	89.2	4.4	6.4
≥17	236	83.1	6.4	10.6		267	89.1	4.5	6.4
SES
Low	630	82.9	6.2	11.0	0.43	438	85.3	6.1	8.6	0.02
Low-middle	305	84.9	6.2	8.9		280	87.2	5.0	7.9
Middle	238	85.7	6.7	7.6		229	91.7	3.9	4.4
Upper-middle	166	80.1	11.5	8.4		178	94.9	1.7	3.4
High	87	83.9	6.9	9.2		115	93.0	4.4	2.6
Weight status
Non-overweight	888	86.4	5.7	7.9	<0.01	739	92.0	3.8	4.2	<0.01
Overweight	238	82.0	7.8	10.3		200	89.5	6.0	4.5
Obese	279	76.3	9.7	14.0		326	81.0	7.1	12.0

Note: SES=socioeconomic status; non-overweight=body mass index<85^th percentile; overweight=85^th percentile≤body mass index<95^th percentile; obese=body mass index≥95 percentile (body mass index=kg/m²). Numbers may vary slightly due to missing values for specific variables.