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Table 2 Evaluation of The Power of Food Scale, Yale Food Addiction Scale for Children 2.0 and Night Eating Questionnaire scores of adolescents according to BMI for age z-score classification

From: Hedonic hunger, food addiction, and night eating syndrome triangle in adolescents and ıts relationship with body mass ındex

 

BMI for age z-score classification (X̅ ± SD)

p

Underweight (n:18)

Normal weight (n:401)

Overweight (n:147)

Obese (n:48)

The Power of Food Scale

2.6 ± 0.85

2.9 ± 0.74

3.0 ± 0.69

3.0 ± 0.70

.143

Food present

2.9 ± 1.06

3.1 ± 0.90

3.0 ± 0.86

3.3 ± 0.98

.049

Food taste

2.9 ± 0.93

3.4 ± 0.86

3.4 ± 082

3.3 ± 0.81

.249

Food available

2.6 ± 0.98

2.9 ± 1.01

3.1 ± 0.96

3.2 ± 0.89

.071

Yale Food Addiction Scale for Children 2.0

11.3 ± 8.49a

19.1 ± 11.64b

22.7 ± 11.48c

21.4 ± 12.02 b,c,d

< .001*

Night Eating Questionnaire

11.3 ± 4.30a

15.8 ± 6.94b

17.6 ± 6.39c

17.0 ± 6.11 b,c,d

< .001*

  1. ANOVA with Tukey post hoc tests. a,b,c,d For groups of different letters (*p < .001), For groups of same letters p > .05