Table 2.

Ratings of the largest amount of food that would not be an unusually large amount of food for an adult to eat in a 2-hour period.

Variable	No BED (n=114)	Subclinical BED (n=18)	Clinical BED (n=18)	Hedges’ g
				No BED vs Subclinical BED	No BED vs Clinical BED	Subclinical BED vs Clinical BED
Burger	1.3±0.6†	1.6±0.7†‡	1.9±0.9‡	0.49	0.93	0.37
Popcorn, oz	3.1±1.0†	3.5±1.5†‡	4.2±1.6‡	0.37	1.00	0.45
Bagel	1.6±0.7†	1.8±0.4†‡	2.1±0.8‡	0.30	0.70	0.47
Cake (sheet cake, 9” x 13”), slices	1.4±0.6†	1.5±0.6†‡	1.9±0.8‡	0.17	0.79	0.57
Ice cream, cups	1.2±0.6†	1.8±1.6†‡	1.7±0.9‡	0.75	0.78	0.08
Chocolate (regular chocolate bar)	1.3±0.6†	1.6±0.8†‡	1.8±0.9‡	0.48	0.77	0.23
Cereal, cups	1.4±0.8†	1.6±1.1†‡	1.9±1.7‡	0.24	0.52	0.21
Pizza, slices	2.7±1.1†	2.8±1.4†‡	3.9±2.1‡	0.09	0.94	0.62
Macaroni and cheese, cups	1.7±0.9†	1.8±0.8†‡	2.3±1.1‡	0.11	0.65	0.52
Pastries	1.5±0.7†	2.1±1.1‡	1.9±0.8‡	0.79	0.56	0.21
Chips, ounces	4.8±3.6†	7.2±3.7‡	6.8±4.1‡	0.66	0.55	0.10
Vegetables (carrot sticks, celery stalks, asparagus or zucchini spears)	5.6±2.4†	7.4±3.1‡	6.8±2.1‡	0.72	0.51	0.23
Mashed potatoes, cups	1.2±0.6†	1.1±0.5†	1.6±0.7‡	0.17	0.65	0.82
Calories, kcal	1048.6±471.6	1247.1±404.8	1417.6±831.6	0.43	0.69	0.26
Meal (entrée, vegetable, starch, and dessert)	1.2±0.3	1.3±0.7	1.4±0.7	0.27	0.53	0.14
Cookies (store bought)	4.9±2.8	5.9±3.0	6.1±2.6	0.35	0.43	0.07
Pancakes/waffles/toast/bread	2.9±1.6	2.9±1.6	3.1±1.7	0.00	0.12	0.12
Eggs	2.4±0.8	2.4±1.0	2.5±0.9	0.00	0.12	0.11
Pasta, cups	2.0±1.2	2.1±1.0	2.3±1.1	0.09	0.25	0.19
Fruit (apple/orange/banana), pieces	1.8±1.0	2.5±1.4	1.9±0.9	0.66	0.10	0.51
Salad, plates	1.1±0.6	1.2±0.5	0.9±0.4	0.17	0.35	0.66
Chinese (1 meal=1 quart box of chow mein with 4 egg rolls and 4 fortune cookies)	1.1±0.3	1.0±0.4	1.3±0.7	0.32	0.53	0.53

Note. Mean±standard deviation. BED=binge-eating disorder. Values marked with different symbols differ significantly from each other for that item as determined by independent samples t-tests (two-tailed p<.05).