Table 6.
External validity of children eating behavior questionnaire.
| Boys | Girls | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Mean (SD) | N | Mean | ||
| Food responsiveness (FR) | 97 | 2.03(0.77) | 100 | 2.24(0.92) | <0.001** |
| Emotional overeating (EOE) | 97 | 1.62a(0.53) | 100 | 1.86b(0.67) | <0.050* |
| Enjoyment of food (EF) | 97 | 3.27(0.79) | 100 | 3.36 (0.78) | <0.001** |
| Desire to Drink (DD) | 97 | 2.32(0.93) | 100 | 2.34 (0.91) | <0.001** |
| Satiety responsiveness (SR) | 97 | 2.95(0.77) | 100 | 2.90(0.72) | <0.001** |
| Slowness in eating (SE) | 97 | 3.20a(0.89) | 100 | 2.94b(0.76) | <0.050* |
| Emotional undereating (EUE) | 97 | 3.16(1.01) | 100 | 3.16(0.90) | <0.001** |
| Food fussiness (FF) | 97 | 2.80(0.93) | 100 | 2.94(0.86) | <0.001** |
Analysis of the scales by child’s sex. Different subscript letters indicate significant differences in the pairwise comparison.
*
p < 0.05;
**
p < 0.001.