Table 2.

Eating behaviours and weight status by household food security status in adolescents, unadjusted estimates^*

Characteristics	Food secure (n 1395)			Food insecure (n 890)			P
	n		%	n		%
Breakfast (eaten per week)
Mean		2·6			2·6		0·005
sd		4·4			4·1
Lunch (eaten per week)
Mean		1·9			1·9		0·183
sd		5·9			5·8
Dinner (eaten per week)
Mean		1·7			1·7		0·375
sd		6·1			6·0
UWCB (any)	549		39·5	434		49·0	<0·001
Extreme UWCB	63		4·5	55		6·2	0·077
Binge eating	204		14·7	121		13·8	0·556
Binge with loss of control	112		8·1	67		7·7	0·715
UWCB
Fasted	11·0			15·7			0·001
Ate very little food	30·2			35·7			0·006
Volitional vomiting	2·7			2·2			0·441
Skipped meals	26·3			32·6			0·001
Diet pill use	2·1			2·4			0·652
Laxative use	0·7			1·8			0·018
Diuretic use	0·5			1·9			0·001
Food substitute use	6·7			8·1			0·231
Smoked more cigarettes	2·1			2·2			0·907
Overweight	529		37·9	376		42·3	0·039

UWCB, Unhealthy Weight Control Behaviour.

P-values are bolded if statistically significant at the 0·05 significance level.

^*χ² test: % and n. T test: Mean and sd.