Table 2 Frequency of dieting, weight change, and disordered eating behaviours for male and female HPE and non-HPE participants
Males | Females | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HPEa | Non-HPEb | All men | HPEc | Non-HPEd | All women | |||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Dieting and weight change behaviours | ||||||||||||
Not eating between meals | 27 | 21.6 | 21 | 20.0 | 48 | 20.9 | 48 | 42.5 | 115 | 49.6 | 163 | 47.2 |
Drinking water | 57 | 47.2 | 48 | 45.3 | 107 | 46.3 | 72 | 61.5 | 133 | 56.6 | 205 | 58.2 |
Diet created by self | 58 | 46.4 | 33 | 31.7 | 91 | 39.7 | 67 | 59.3 | 128 | 55.2 | 195 | 56.5 |
Diet from magazine | 10 | 8.1 | 7 | 6.6 | 17 | 7.4 | 18 | 15.7 | 38 | 16.5 | 56 | 16.2 |
Slimming tea | 8 | 6.5 | 1 | 0.9 | 9 | 3.9 | 15 | 12.9 | 26 | 11.2 | 41 | 11.7 |
Skipping meals | 18 | 14.4 | 21 | 19.8 | 39 | 16.9 | 39 | 33.9 | 87 | 37.3 | 126 | 36.2 |
Exercise | 88 | 69.8 | 67 | 64.4 | 155 | 67.4 | 90 | 78.9 | 193 | 82.1 | 283 | 81.1 |
Detox products | 6 | 4.8 | 6 | 5.7 | 12 | 5.2 | 12 | 10.5 | 23 | 9.8 | 35 | 10.0 |
Protein shakes/snacks/powders | 58 | 46.0 | 37 | 35.6 | 95 | 41.3 | 33 | 28.7 | 58 | 24.8 | 91 | 26.1 |
Creatine | 23 | 18.5 | 18 | 17.0 | 41 | 17.8 | 5 | 4.3 | 3 | 1.3 | 8 | 2.3 |
Disordered eating and unhealthy weight change behaviours | ||||||||||||
Smoking | 9 | 7.3 | 5 | 4.7 | 14 | 6.1 | 4 | 3.5 | 20 | 8.6 | 24 | 6.9 |
Fasting | 12 | 9.7 | 7 | 6.6 | 19 | 8.3 | 21 | 18.3 | 38 | 16.3 | 59 | 17.0 |
Laxatives | 6 | 4.8 | 1 | 0.9 | 7 | 3.0 | 5 | 4.4 | 7 | 3.0 | 12 | 3.5 |
Vomiting | 9 | 7.3 | 4 | 3.8 | 13 | 5.7 | 3 | 2.6 | 11 | 4.7 | 14 | 4.0 |
Slimming pills | 7 | 5.6 | 8 | 7.5 | 15 | 6.5 | 7 | 6.1 | 12 | 5.2 | 19 | 5.4 |
Excessive exercise | 48 | 38.4 | 30 | 28.6 | 78 | 33.9 | 43 | 37.4 | 46 | 19.8 | 89 | 25.6 |
Anabolic steroids | 9 | 7.3 | 1 | 1.0 | 10 | 4.4 | 1 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.3 |