Table 1.
Descriptive statistics on sociodemographic and anthropometric data, the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire for Children (ChEDE-Q), and the Child Feeding Questionnaire (CFQ), separately reported for the young and old age group.
| Age Group | Test Statistics | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8–10 years n = 380 |
11–13 years n = 524 |
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| Child | M (SD) | M (SD) | |
| Age, years | 9.90 (0.91) | 12.03 (0.80) | t (750.54) = −36.389 *** |
| Height SDS | 0.25 (0.98) | 0.32 (1.00) | t (898) = −0.961 |
| Weight SDS | 0.25 (1.16) | 0.50 (1.26) | t (842.94) = −3.017 ** |
| BMI-SDS | 0.15 (1.18) | 0.39 (1.32) | t (855.97) = −2.895 ** |
| n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Severe underweight | 8 (2.13) | 14 (2.68) | χ (4, N = 899) = 14.154 ** |
| Underweight | 22 (5.85) | 34 (6.50) | |
| Normal weight | 278 (73.94) | 327 (62.52) | |
| Overweight | 22 (5.85) | 47 (8.99) | |
| Obesity | 46 (12.23) | 101 (19.31) | |
| Sex, female | 196 (51.58) | 231 (44.08) | χ (1, N = 904) = 4.965 * |
| M (SD) | M (SD) | ||
| ChEDE-Q Restraint | 0.38 (0.88) | 0.45 (0.88) | t (902) = −1.220 |
| ChEDE-Q Eating Concern | 0.41 (0.74) | 0.53 (0.84) | t (868.50) = −2.422 * |
| ChEDE-Q Weight Concern | 0.66 (1.10) | 0.95 (1.31) | t (883.76) = −3.663 *** |
| ChEDE-Q Shape Concern | 0.63 (1.11) | 1.01 (1.37) | t (890.16) = −4.567 *** |
| ChEDE-Q Global Score | 0.52 (0.83) | 0.74 (0.98) | t (880.79) = −3.593 *** |
| LOC eating episodes, past 28 days | 0.65 (1.68) | 0.81 (1.98) | t (879.12) = −1.325 |
| Any LOC eating (n, %) | 85 (22.37) | 134 (25.57) | χ (1, N = 904) = 1.232 |
| Recurrent LOC eating (n, %) | 19 (5.00) | 40 (7.63) | χ (1, N = 904) = 2.504 |
| Parent | M (SD) | M (SD ) | |
| Age, years | 39.54 (5.38) | 41.22 (5.01) | t (748) = −4.403 *** |
| Winkler index | 13.31 (3.44) | 12.93 (3.43) | t (879) = 1.640 |
| BMI, kg/m² | 25.84 (5.74) | 26.42 (6.61) | t (489) = −1.027 |
| n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Underweight | 9 (4.11) | 5 (1.84) | χ (3, N = 491) = 3.389 |
| Normal weight | 110 (50.23) | 142 (52.21) | |
| Overweight | 59 (26.94) | 65 (23.90) | |
| Obesity | 41 (18.72) | 60 (22.06) | |
| M (SD) | M (SD) | ||
| CFQ Restriction | 2.54 (1.19) | 2.77 (1.18) | t (900) = −2.823 ** |
| CFQ Pressure to eat | 1.77 (0.90) | 1.76 (0.86) | t (901) = 0.191 |
| CFQ Monitoring | 3.52 (1.05) | 3.48 (1.04) | t (898) = 0.507 |
Note. BMI: body mass index, LOC: loss of control, M: mean, SD: standard deviation, SDS: standard deviation score. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, and *** p < 0.001.