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Table 2 Disordered eating attitude, by gender (N = 729)

From: Gender-specific responses to multifaceted factors associated with disordered eating among adolescents of 7th to 9th grade

Items

All

Females2

Males

X2 (df)

P value

N1

%

N

%

N

%

1. I am terrified about being overweight

261

35.80

174

66.67

87

33.33

39.79(1)

0.00

2. I avoid eating when I am hungry

139

19.07

81

58.27

58

41.73

3.61(1)

0.06

3. I find myself preoccupied with food

121

16.60

70

57.85

51

42.15

2.70(1)

0.10

4. I have gone on eating binges where I feel that I may not be able to stop

65

8.92

27

41.54

38

58.46

2.57(1)

0.11

5. I cut my food into small pieces

170

23.32

95

55.88

75

44.12

2.09(1)

0.15

6. I aware of the calorie content of foods that I eat

97

13.31

45

46.39

52

53.61

0.96(1)

0.33

7. I particularly avoid food with a high carbohydrate content (i.e. bread, rice, potatoes, etc.)

71

9.74

35

49.30

36

50.70

0.10(1)

0.76

8. I feel that others would prefer if I ate more

207

28.40

96

46.38

111

53.62

2.50(1)

0.11

9. I vomit after I have eaten

11

1.51

4

36.36

7

63.64

0.96(1)

0.33

10. I feel extremely guilty after eating

47

6.45

25

53.19

22

46.81

0.09(1)

0.76

11. I am occupied with a desire to be thinner

301

41.29

194

64.45

107

35.55

36.97(1)

0.00

12. I think about burning up calories when I exercise

232

31.82

137

59.05

95

40.95

8.77(1)

0.00

13. I other people think that I am too thin

210

28.81

88

41.90

122

58.10

9.83(1)

0.00

14. I am preoccupied with the thought of having fat on my body

267

36.63

176

65.92

91

34.08

37.37(1)

0.00

15. I take longer than others to eat my meals

126

17.28

77

61.11

49

38.89

6.20(1)

0.01

16. I avoid foods with sugar in them

101

13.85

44

43.56

57

56.44

2.61(1)

0.11

17. I eat diet foods

28

3.84

11

39.29

17

60.71

1.61(1)

0.21

18. I feel that food controls my life

77

10.56

35

45.45

42

54.55

1.07(1)

0.30

19. I display self-control around food

292

40.05

140

47.95

152

52.05

1.85(1)

0.17

20. I feel that others pressure me to eat

95

13.03

44

46.32

51

53.68

0.97(1)

0.32

21. I give too much time and thought to food

80

10.97

39

48.75

41

51.25

0.19(1)

0.67

22. I feel uncomfortable after eating sweets

54

7.41

24

44.44

30

55.56

1.01(1)

0.31

23. I engage in dieting behavior

62

8.50

29

46.77

33

53.23

0.49(1)

0.48

24. I like my stomach to be empty

59

8.09

23

38.98

36

61.02

3.73(1)

0.05

25. I have the impulse to vomit after meals

31

4.25

13

41.94

18

58.06

8.38(1)

0.00

26. I enjoy trying new rich foods

549

75.31

297

54.10

252

45.90

1.07(1)

0.30

  1. 1N is the number of participants who reported they have this attitude or behaviors often, most of the time, always
  2. 2Row percentages were reported