Table 1.

Food intake, meal duration, initial rate of eating, change in rate of eating over the course of the meal (b) and hypothetical maximal food intake (a) in 17 women at admission for the treatment of Anorexia Nervosa (Adm AN) and at remission after treatment (Rem AN) and in 17 healthy women (Healthy).

Group	Food intake (g)	Meal duration (min)	Initial rate of eating (g/min)a	Change in rate of eating (b)	Hypothetical maximal food intake (a)
Adm AN	100 (72–160)b	10.4 (7.7–13.6)	8.4 (6.2–16.3)b	–
Rem AN	307 (266–351)c	9.6 (8.0–10.6)c	44.3 (34.4–46.9)	0.06 (0–0.22)d	586 (377–684)
Healthy	268 (208–389)	10.7 (10.1–12.2)	39.1 (35.8–46.9)	0.12 (0.05–0.23)	374 (333–444)

Values are median (quartile range). See text for model of eating behavior. ^aDerivative at time=1 min of the estimated function; ^bp < 0.01 vs. Healthy or Rem AN; ^cp = 0.06 vs. Healthy; ^dp = 0.015 (Mann-Whitney U-test).