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Table 1 Frequency of grazing and distress due to grazing

From: The short inventory of grazing (SIG): development and validation of a new brief measure of a common eating behaviour with a compulsive dimension

  

SIG 1 GRG Frequency (%)

SIG 2 GRLOC Frequency (%)

Grazing distress

Frequency (%)

Sample groups

 Total sample

No grazing

17 (7.5)

90 (39.6)

None

95 (41.9)

 

< 1/wk

26 (11.5)

42 (18.5)

A little

93 (41.0)

 

Mild (1–3)

80 (35.2)

63 (27.8)

A lot

22 (9.7)

 

Moderate (4–7)

71 (31.3)

26 (11.5)

  
 

Severe (8+)

33 (14.5)

6 (2.6)

  

 University sample

No grazing

10 (6.5)

67 (43.8)

None

66 (43.1)

 

< 1/wk

19 (12.4)

31 (20.3)

A little

65 (42.5)

 

Mild (1–3)

57 (37.3)

34 (22.2)

A lot

12 (7.8)

 

Moderate (4–7)

47 (30.7)

18 (11.8)

  
 

Severe (8+)

20 (13.1)

3 (2.0)

  

 Community sample

No grazing

7 (9.5)

23 (31.1)

None

29 (39.2)

 

< 1/wk

7 (9.5)

11 (14.9)

A little

28 (37.8)

 

Mild (1–3)

23 (31.1)

29 (39.2)

A lot

10 (13.5)

 

Moderate (4–7)

24 (32.4)

8 (10.8)

  
 

Severe (8+)

13 (17.6)

3 (4.1)