Table 4.

Individual differences in eating behaviours, energy intake and body composition (mean± SEM).

		Eating rate (g/min)	Bite size (g/bite)	Oral exposure (min)	Oral exposure per bite (s)	Bites (#)	Chews per gram	Sips (#)	$\frac{Active}{Total}$ Mealtime (%)
Sex	Male	7.4±3.4	2.1±0.2	14.5±0.4			9.7±0.5
	Female	6.3±2.8 p<0.001	1.8±0.1 p=0.011	15.9±0.3 p=0.007			10.8±0.5 p=0.084
Ethnicity	Chinese	6.6±2.3a	1.8±0.1a	16.2±0.3a		69.5±2.5a		9.4±0.5a	77.0±0.1a
	Malay	6.8±3.1	2.1±0.1b, p=0.049	14.3±0.5b, p<0.001		55.7±3.0b		7.2±0.6b, p=0.01	74.0±0.1
	Indian	7.7±3.4b p=0.031	2.1±0.1b, p=0.068	13.2±0.9b p<0.001		54.7±3.7b p<0.0001		7.5±0.8	72.0±0.2b, p=0.012
Feeding	Breastfed				15.5±1.0	71.0±5.5
	Bottlefed				18.4±0.7 p=0.084	61.2±1.99 p=0.058
Weaning	Early		2.1±0.2a		19.9±1.6a
	Typical		2.0±0.1		17.8±0.7
	Late		1.7±0.1b, p=0.048		15.4±0.7b, p=0.024
GA	Preterm	7.4±3.1						9.3±0.6
	Full-term	6.7±3.2 p=0.09						10.6±0.4 p=0.086

Values in bold indicate significant or near significant group differences, which were still present after controlling for BMI. Values not in bold indicate significant group differences which were no longer significant after controlling for BMI. Missing fields indicate no significant group differences