Table 8.

Comparison of nutrition habits of adolescent girls in groups of disordered eating (m ± SD) ¹, (n = 579).

Foods and Drinks	Disordered Eating			p
	<10 Scores	10–19 Scores	≥20 Scores
Cereals, breads, potatoes, rise, pasta	2.19 ± 0.89	2.40 ± 0.85	2.13 ± 0.99	0.312
Fruits and berries	2.01 ± 0.83	2.00 ± 0.82	2.29 ± 1.00	0.221
Vegetables	2.17 ± 0.81	2.21 ± 0.87	2.36 ± 0.86	0.441
Meat	2.29 ± 0.82	2.44 ± 0.91	1.76 ± 1.01	0.006
Fish	1.07 ± 0.75	1.00 ± 0.82	1.20 ± 0.82	0.573
Milk, cheese, yogurt	2.22 ± 0.82	2.48 ± 0.89	2.13 ± 0.95	0.069
Eggs	1.24 ± 0.74	1.21 ± 0.86	1.04 ± 0.83	0.377
Legumes	0.94 ± 0.78	0.81 ± 0.82	1.08 ± 1.06	0.521
Sweets (cakes, candies, chocolate)	2.02 ± 0.85	2.02 ± 0.91	1.52 ± 0.98	0.062
Fats, spreads and oils	2.01 ± 0.94	2.05 ± 1.07	1.35 ± 1.07	0.013
Soft drinks with sugar	1.20 ± 0.96	1.47 ± 1.07	1.13 ± 1.15	0.261
No. of meals per day	3.69 ± 1.01	3.67 ± 1.27	3.48 ± 2.04	0.110
Frequency of having breakfast	2.14 ± 0.94	1.86 ± 1.06	1.40 ± 1.23	0.004

¹ higher scores indicate more frequent consumption of particular food group or number of meals. m = mean, SD = standard deviation, p = statistical significance level. Statistically significant differences are in bold text.