Table 2.

Differences in maternal eating behaviour between ethnic groups (showing means and standard deviations)

	White British	South Asian	Chinese	Black	Significance without covariates	Significance with covariates
Cognitive restraint	2.48 (.44)	2.31 (.65)	2.49 (.46)	2.24 (.45)	F(3, 655) = 6.381, p ≤ .001	F(3, 595) = 5.068, p = .002
Uncontrolled eating	2.69 (.63)	2.67 (.66)	2.30 (.74)	2.72 (.69)	F(3, 655) = 6.322, p ≤ .001	F(3, 595) = 4.578, p = .004
Emotional eating	2.46 (.76)	2.64 (.85)	2.16 (.81)	2.67 (.64)	F(3, 655) = 6.836, p ≤ .001	F(3, 595) = 6.714, p ≤ .001