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. 2022 Oct 21;14(20):4418. doi: 10.3390/nu14204418

Table 2.

Characteristics of clusters of eating episodes. This table shows the distribution of characteristics of eating episodes according to the cluster solution obtained.

Characteristics Cluster 1 Cluster 2 Cluster 3 Cluster 4 p-Value
Meal type
Breakfast 11.1% 13.7% 45.0% 32.8% <0.001
Morning snack 7.2% 3.5% 19.5% 3.8%
Lunch 28.7% 38.6% 10.6% 32.2%
Afternoon snack 8.6% 5.6% 18.8% 5.9%
Dinner 44.4% 38.6% 6.2% 25.3%
Day of the week
Workweek 49.1% 100.0% 100.0% 0.0% <0.001
Weekend 50.9% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Meal location
At home 24.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% <0.001
At work/university 15.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Public closed space 16.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Public open space 43.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Social context
Alone 7.5% 0.0% 100.0% 31.3% <0.001
With family 24.7% 100.0% 0.0% 68.7%
With friends 56.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
With colleagues 11.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%