Table 3.
Total energy intake, energy from hyper-palatable foods and consumption of carbohydrates and lipids from HPF during objective binge eating episodes across binge eating spectrum disorders.
| OBE | BED (n = 29) | BN (n = 17) | RBE (n = 90) | BED vs. BN BED vs. RBE BN vs. RBE |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SE) |
95%CI | Mean (SE) |
95%CI | Mean (SE) |
95%CI | * t | p | |
| Total kcal/OBE | 1184 (145.5) |
891–1476 | 1023 (170.5) |
680–1365 | 994 (100.1) |
793–1195 | 0.6 1.1 0.1 |
0.53 0.27 0.89 |
| HPF kcal/OBE | 882 (150.1) |
581–1184 | 688 (175.6) |
336–1041 | 790 (91.4) |
606–973 | 0.7 0.5 −0.5 |
0.45 0.60 0.63 |
| % kcal from HPF/OBE | 69 | 57–82 | 62 | 49–75 | 76 | 69–83 | 0.5 −0.9 −1.7 |
0.59 0.38 0.10 |
| % of kcal from HPF from carbohydrates/ OBE |
58 | 46–69 | 54 | 43–65 | 54 | 50–58 | 0.7 0.9 −0.2 |
0.49 0.37 0.85 |
| % of kcal from HPF from lipids/ OBE |
29 | 20–38 | 34 | 21–46 | 32 | 28–35 | −0.2 −0.5 −0.02 |
0.81 0.64 0.98 |
Notes: * t-test; OBE: objective binge eating episodes; BED: binge eating disorder; BN: bulimia nervosa; RBE: recurrent binge eating; SE: standard error; CI: confidence interval; HPF: hyper-palatable foods.