Table 1.
Characteristics of the three groups (means, standard deviations)
| low-YFAS/ normal-weight | low-YFAS/ overweight |
high-YFAS/ overweight |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) | |||
| Age (years) | 22.57 (2.69)a | 22.90 (2.59)a | 25.19 (6.18)a |
| Body mass index | 22.34 (1.93)a | 28.30 (3.40)b | 29.23 (3.59)b |
| YFAS symptom count | 0.0 (0.0)a | 1.05 (0.86)b | 6.57 (2.25)c |
| BIS score | 2.99 (.46)a | 3.09 (0.61)a | 3.23 (.47)a |
| BAS score | 3.15 (.34)a | 3.16 (0.51)a | 3.14 (.44)a |
| Number of BE/ week | 0.17 (0.43)a | 0.69 (0.73)a | 1.81 (1.33)b |
Footnote: YFAS Yale Food Addiction Scale, BIS Behavioral Inhibition System, BAS Behavioral Approach System¸BE binge-eating episodes, FA Food Addiction
Different superscript letters (per line) indicate statistical significance (p < .05)