Table 3.
Eating when not hungry
| Questions | Yes (%) | Male Yes (%) |
Female Yes (%) |
Significant difference between male and female |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Do you have the urge to eat even when you’re not hungry? | 19 (45) | 14 (45) | 5 (45) | ns |
| Do you find it hard to stop eating even when you are full? | 16 (38) | 11 (35) | 5 (45) | ns |
| Do you realise that you have eaten more than you intended to? | 32 (76) | 24 (77) | 8 (73) | ns |
| Do you eat more if there is food around? | 28 (67) | 19 (61) | 9 (82) | ns |
| Do you eat when you are emotionally stressed, upset, worried, tense or bored? | 18 (43) | 10 (32) | 8 (72) | χ2 = 5.4, df 1 p = 0.03 |