Table 2.
Temperament and weight status by eating behavior profile
| Total Sample | High Food Avoidant | High Food Approach |
Moderate Eating |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profile 1 | Profile 2 | Profile 3 | |||
| N = 1004 | n = 357 (35.6%) | n = 213 (21.2%) | n = 434 (43.2%) | ||
| Temperament | |||||
| CBQ Anger/Frustration, M (SD) | 4.74 (1.21) | 4.79 (1.24)a | 4.92 (1.26)a | 4.61 (1.15)b | .01 |
| CBQ Impulsivity, M (SD) | 4.76 (.88) | 4.62 (.88)a | 4.84 (.93)b | 4.83 (.84)b | .001 |
| CBQ Inhibitory Control, M (SD) | 4.55 (1.02) | 4.49 (.98)a | 4.29 (1.09)b | 4.74 (.98)c | < .0001 |
| Weight | |||||
| BMI z-score, M (SD) | .67 (1.13) | .38 (1.14)a | .90 (1.20)b | .80 (1.03)b | < .0001 |
| Weight status, n (%) | < .0001* | ||||
| With Obesity | 169 (17.1) | 36 (1.3) | 48 (23.2) | 85 (19.7) | |
| With Overweight | 185 (18.7) | 56 (16.0)a | 41 (19.8)b | 88 (2.4)a,b | |
| With Underweight/Normal weight† | 636 (64.2) | 259 (73.8)a | 118 (57.0)b | 259 (6.0)b | |
Children’s Behavior Questionnaire (CBQ)
Differing superscript letters indicate differences between eating behavior profiles (P < .05); superscript letters that are the same indicate no difference between eating behavior profiles
*Predicting profile membership from 3-category weight status, using multinomial regression and “with obesity” as the referent
†Underweight (2.2%) and normal weight (62.0%) were combined for analysis given the small cell size of underweight