Table 3.
Differences in eating behaviours (Mean ± SEM) between children with healthy weight and overweight/obesity and between children with lower and higher levels of abdominal adiposity (t-test).
| BMI z-score | Abdominal Adiposity (cc*) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthy weight (n=314) | Overweight (n=64) | p | Lower (n=79) | Higher (n=79) | P | |
| Eating rate (g/min) | 6.7±0.2 | 8.0±0.4 | 0.002 | 6.7±0.4 | 7.8±0.4 | 0.029 |
| Bite size (g/bite) | 1.8±0.06 | 2.2±0.2 | 0.040 | 1.8±0.1 | 2.2±0.2 | 0.045 |
| Sips (#) | 8.5±0.4 | 7.7±0.8 | 0.36 | 8.9±0.8 | 8.0±0.8 | 0.41 |
| Bites (#) | 63.1±1.99 | 64.6±4.2 | 0.76 | 64.1±4.2 | 67.1±4.0 | 0.61 |
| Oral exposure (min) | 15.1±0.3 | 15.6±0.8 | 0.52 | 14.9±0.6 | 15.6±0.5 | 0.39 |
| Oral exposure per bite (s) | 18.1±0.6 | 16.6±0.9 | 0.32 | 18.2±1.5 | 17.2±1.1 | 0.59 |
| Chews per gram | 10.5±0.4 | 9.1±0.8 | 0.12 | 10.7±0.8 | 9.0±0.7 | 0.11 |
| Mealtime (%) | 76±0.1 | 75±0.2 | 0.76 | 75±0.1 | 75±0.1 | 0.88 |
| Kcal | 230.5±6.7 | 298.0±21.8 | 0.004 | 235.0±14.5 | 277.2±17.1 | 0.063 |
*
cc= cubic centimetres