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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Appetite. 2020 Mar 13;151:104669. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2020.104669

Table 1.

Eating disorder behaviors: Individual and cumulative frequencies.

Sum of Reported ED
Behaviors
Women Only
(n = 1230)
Men Only
(n = 2266)
Total Sample
(n = 3496)
0 (n = 1083) (n = 2084) (n = 3167)
88.0 91.97 90.59
1 (n = 110) (n = 136) (n = 246)
8.94 6.00 7.04
2 (n = 21) (n = 40) (n = 61)
1.70 1.77 1.74
3 (n = 11) (n = 6) (n = 17)
0.89 0.26 0.49
4 (n = 5) (n = 0) (n = 5)
0.41 0.0 0.14
Excessive Exercise (n = 57) (n = 110) (n = 167)
4.63 4.86 4.78
Fasting (n = 79) (n = 107) (n = 186)
6.42 4.72 5.32
Laxative Use or Purging (n = 62) (n = 17) (n = 79)
5.04 0.75 2.26

Data above represent the frequencies in which eating disorder behaviors were reported together, from no behaviors reported (0), to all four eating disorder behaviors reported (4) as well as frequencies in which certain eating disorder behaviors are reported in women, men, and in the total sample.