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. 2020 Jul 17;12(7):2133. doi: 10.3390/nu12072133

Table 1.

Cognitive restraint scores between vegetarians and omnivores: the inconsistent results.

Higher Cognitive Restraint Scores
in Vegetarians
Higher Cognitive Restraint Scores in Non-Vegetarians Not Difference in Cognitive Restraint between the Two Groups
Barr et al. [11] **
N vegetarians = 23
N non-vegetarians = 22
Method: The Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire
Brytek-Matera [12] *
N vegetarians = 188
N non-vegetarians = 182
Method: The Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ-R18)
Barr and Broughton [13] *
N current vegetarians = 90
N past vegetarians = 35
N non-vegetarians = 68
Method: Multiple-pass 24-h diet recall
Gilbody et al. [14] *
N total = 131 young adults women
Method: the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire
Curtis and Comer [15] *
N total = 90 female undergraduate students and community members
Method: The Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire
Barthels et al. [16] *
N vegetarians = 63
N vegans = 114
N non-vegetarians = 182
Method: the Restraint Eating Scale
Martins et al. [17] *
N vegetarians = 70
N non-vegetarians = 105
N semi-vegetarians = 49
Method: The Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire
Janelle and Barr [18] *
N vegetarians = 23
N non-vegetarians = 22
Method: The Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire
Brytek-Matera et al. [19] *
N vegetarians = 39
N vegans = 40
N non-vegetarians = 174
Method: The Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ-R18)
McLean and Barr [20] *
N total = 1350 female university students
Method: The Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire
Fisak et al. [21] *
N vegetarians = 52
N non-vegetarians = 204
Methods: the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire and the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire
Trautman et al. [22] *
N total = 330 college students
Method: the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire
Forestell et al. [23] *
N vegetarians = 55
N pesco-vegetarians = 28
N semi-vegetarians = 29
N flexitarians = 37
N non-vegetarians = 91
Method: The Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire
Worsley and Skrzypiec [24] *
N total = 2000 senior secondary school students
Method: the Food Frequency Questionnaire

* Cross-sectional study; ** Longitudinal study.