Table 3.

Comparison of eating behavior scales between noncompleters and completers of the program

Scale	Range of possible scores	Children/adolescents who completed the program (n = 90)	Children/adolescents who dropped out of the program (n = 21)	ANCOVA
				F	p
Dietary restraint 1	8-32	21.76 (4.84)	27.12 (6.48)	15.24	<0.001
Emotional eating 1	4-16	6.55 (3.66)	5.76 (2.68)	0.40	0.527
External eating 1	5-20	10.22 (4.25)	10.35 (3.55)	0.09	0.765
Bulimia 2	6-24	10.20 (4.46)	10.65 (5.52)	0.40	0.530

Values are presented as means ± SD, adjusted for age, gender, baseline BMI z-score, and maternal educational level.

¹Schacht et al. [22].

²Paul and Thiel [20].