Table 1.

Demographic frequency characteristics of a sample of 620 adults under lockdown.

	N(%)	Emotional eating (Lockdown)	HED	FV	Homeprepared
		Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
Sex
Female	546(88%)	7.17(2.75)	0.21(0.88)	0.06(0.70)	0.69(0.87)
Male	74(12%)	5.47(2.25)**	−0.16(0.93) **	0.21(0.95)	0.87(1.06)
Children in house
Yes	204 (33%)	7.18(2.84)	0.29(0.99)*	0.12(0.94)	0.81(1.14)
No	416 (67%)	6.87(2.92)	0.11(0.86)	0.21(0.90)	0.85(0.97)
Isolating in house (missing n = 19)
Yes	102(16%)	7.62(2.98)	0.21(0.97)	0.12(1.03)	1.01(1.36)
No	518(81%)	6.83(2.87)*	0.16(0.90)	0.20(0.90)	0.82(0.96)
Occupational classification
Professional	226(39%)	6.64(2.90)	0.16(0.90)	0.25(0.92)	0.88(0.96)
Intermediate	121(21%)	7.36(2.92)	0.18(1.00)	−0.01(0.90)	0.95(1.00)
Manual	87(15%)	7.55(2.93)*	0.23(0.88)	0.23(0.93)	0.87(1.40)
Not working	155 (25%)	6.78(2.94)	0.15(0.89)	0.23(0.93)	0.71(0.99)
Employment status
Working from home	293(47%)	6.78(2.83)	0.16(0.94)	0.15(0.9)	0.91(0.95)
Essential worker	75 (12%)	7.38(3.24)	0.23(0.94)	0.25(1.01)	0.75(1.41)
Furloughed	78(13%)	7.58(2.74)	0.23(0.87)	0.14(0.96)	0.99(1.09)
Lost employment	19(3%)	6.75(2.73)	0.14(0.90)	0.14(0.55)	0.71(0.70)
Not working prior to lockdown/Retired	155 (25%)	6.78(2.94)	0.15(0.89)	0.23(0.93)	0.71(0.99)
Food insecurity status
None	397(65%)	6.73(2.87)*	0.17(0.87)	0.26(0.89)*	0.90(1.02)
Mild	180 (29%)	7.20(2.90)	0.27(0.99)	0.18(0.90)	0.91(1.04)
Moderate/severe	65 (6%)	7.52(2.93)	0.08(1.06)	−0.14(1.03)	0.66(1.06)
Shopping behaviour
Doing own shopping
Yes	482(77%)	6.86	0.21*	0.19	0.82
No	136 (23%)	7.22	0.04	0.17	0.89
Ethnicity
White- British/European	565(88%)	6.94(2.90)	0.17(0.87)	0.18(0.93)	0.85(1.02)
Asian/British Asian	35(6%)	7.61(3.10)	0.23(1.00)	0.37(0.90)	0.92(1.30)
Black/Black British	8(1%)	5.29(2.63)	0.14(1.35)	0.21(0.76)	0.79(1.11)
Other	27(4%)	7.61(2.50)	0.35(1.09)	0.16(0.90)	0.79(1.02)
Prefer not to say	4(1%)