Table 1.

Personal, relationship and weight comment characteristics among EAT-IV participants with a significant other (N=1436)

Variable	Men		Women
	N	%	N	%
	594	41.4	842	58.6
Relationship status
Casually dating	18	3.0	27	3.2
Committed/engaged	1880	30.3	260	31.0
Married/domestic partner	396	66.7	552	65.8
Relationship length
<1 year	37	6.2	65	7.7
1–5 years	186	31.4	208	24.8
5+ years	370	62.4	567	67.5
Comments that made participant feel good
Frequency
Never	57	9.7	41	4.9
<1/yr	24	4.1	23	2.7
Few times/yr	85	14.4	109	13.0
Few times/mo	160	27.1	191	22.8
Few times/week	133	22.5	166	19.8
Most days/week	96	16.3	218	26.0
Multiple times/day	35	5.9	90	10.7
Frequency (dichotomized)
Infrequent (few times/yr or less)	166	28.1	173	20.6
Regular (few times/mo or more)	424	71.9	665	79.4
Type *
Generic	102	58.3	277	84.2
Due to weight/shape change	35	20.0	31	9.4
Due to “ideal” weight/shape	38	21.7	21	6.4
Comments that made participant feel bad
Frequency
Never	378	64.1	534	63.7
<1/yr	89	15.1	151	18.0
Few times/yr	74	12.5	89	10.6
Few times/mo	35	5.9	47	5.6
Few times/week	9	1.5	12	1.4
Most days/week	3	0.5	4	.5
Multiple/day	2	0.3	1	.1
Frequency (dichotomized)
Never	378	64.1	534	63.7
Ever (<1/year or more)	212	35.9	304	36.3
Combined positive and negative comments
Negative comments only	65	11.0	78	9.3
Both	147	25.0	226	27.0
Neither	100	17.0	95	11.4
Positive comments only	277	47.0	437	52.3

^*Among n=504 who wrote in positive comments and received no negative comments

Generic = look nice, good, beautiful, amazing, gorgeous, sexy, hot, etc.

Due to weight/shape change = lost weight, increased muscle/tone, change in diet/exercise, etc.

Due to “ideal” weight/shape = not fat, muscular/toned/strong (but not direct result of diet/exercise)