TABLE 3.

Association between eating behavior patterns and obesity measures

Obesity measures		Pearson partial correlation
	Eating behavior patterns	r	P value
Body mass index	Snacking	0.35	<0.001
	Infrequent and unhealthy eating	0.12	<0.001
	Avoidant eating	0.01	0.8
	Emotional and external eating	0.26	<0.001
Waist circumference	Snacking	0.32	<0.001
	Infrequent and unhealthy eating	0.11	<0.001
	Avoidant eating	0.04	0.02
	Emotional and external eating	0.23	<0.001
Waist circumference adjusted for BMI	Snacking	0.06	0.001
	Infrequent and unhealthy eating	0.02	0.2
	Avoidant eating	0.07	<0.001
	Emotional and external eating	0.03	0.09