From: Characterizing cheat meals among a national sample of Canadian adolescents and young adults
Women (n = 1,476) | Men (n = 1,060) | TGNC (n = 181) | |||
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M (SD) / % | M (SD) / % | M (SD) / % | pa | Fb / Vc | |
Age | 23.1 (3.9) | 22.8 (3.9) | 21.8 (3.9) | < .001 | 8.21 |
Race/ethnicity | < .001 | .10 | |||
White | 65.2 | 57.5 | 70.6 | ||
Black | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.8 | ||
Latino | 1.9 | 3.2 | 0.6 | ||
East Asian | 9.3 | 10.8 | 9.6 | ||
South Asian | 5.3 | 10.2 | 2.8 | ||
Middle Eastern | 1.9 | 3.2 | 1.1 | ||
Indigenous | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.1 | ||
Other | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.0 | ||
Multi-racial | 10.4 | 9.3 | 11.3 | ||
Sexual identity | < .001 | .35 | |||
Heterosexual | 57.3 | 70.2 | 5.6 | ||
Gay/lesbian | 2.4 | 14.4 | 16.4 | ||
Bisexual | 23.8 | 8.7 | 24.9 | ||
Queer, questioning, or other | 16.5 | 6.7 | 53.1 | ||
Highest completed education | .004 | .06 | |||
High school diploma or less | 41.7 | 45.0 | 57.1 | ||
College or undergraduate degree | 43.8 | 43.3 | 33.3 | ||
Master’s degree or higher | 12.9 | 10.7 | 7.9 | ||
Other | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.7 | ||
Weight perception | < .001 | .09 | |||
Very underweight | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
Slightly underweight | 8.8 | 14.8 | 10.1 | ||
About the right weight | 48.0 | 50.7 | 47.5 | ||
Slightly overweight | 32.8 | 27.6 | 32.4 | ||
Very overweight | 9.2 | 4.9 | 8.4 | ||
Current weight change behavior | < .001 | .32 | |||
Lose weight | 57.2 | 32.3 | 52.5 | ||
Stay the same weight | 17.9 | 14.5 | 12.3 | ||
Gain weight | 7.1 | 44.3 | 10.1 | ||
Not doing anything about weight | 17.9 | 8.9 | 25.1 | ||
Cheat meals, past 12 months | 53.7 | 60.9 | 52.5 | .001 | .07 |
Cheat meals, past 30 daysd | 82.5 | 87.8 | 73.9 | < .001 | .11 |
Any overeating, past 28 days | 63.0 | 71.4 | 71.4 | < .001 | .09 |
Any loss of control while eating, past 28 days | 54.8 | 32.1 | 64.3 | < .001 | .24 |
Any binge-eating, past 28 days | 49.6 | 29.1 | 60.7 | < .001 | .22 |
Any vomiting, past 28 days | 13.2 | 6.5 | 30.8 | < .001 | .20 |
Any laxative use, past 28 days | 9.4 | 3.9 | 27.7 | < .001 | .22 |
Any compulsive exercise, past 28 days | 50.0 | 42.2 | 55.8 | < .001 | .09 |
Any fasting, past 28 days | 44.8 | 27.6 | 62.5 | < .001 | .22 |
EDE-Q global score | 2.6 (1.5) | 1.5 (1.2) | 2.8 (1.6) | < .001 | 27.09 |