Episodic Frequency of Energy-Dense Food Consumption in Women with Excessive Adiposity
Table 2
Characteristics of participant women with excess of .
All participants
Lower fat mass
Higher fat mass
Younger
Older
Younger
Older
Lower exercise
Higher exercise
Lower exercise
Higher exercise
Lower exercise
Higher exercise
Lower exercise
Higher exercise
Age in years
32.9
25.9
26.6
46.3
44.3
28.6
27.2
44.9
45.4
Occupation
Employee
49.4%
34.3%
51.3%
65.5%
47.6%
48.7%
45.5%
68.9%
64.7%
Student
28.7%
50.5%
41.0%
0.0%
4.8%
31.6%
40.9%
0.0%
0.0%
Home
21.8%
15.2%
7.7%
34.5%
47.6%
19.7%
13.6%
31.1%
35.3%
Motives to lose weight
Health
64.9%
42.4%
56.4%
41.4%
66.7%
75.0%
59.1%
75.6%
70.6%
Physical problems
28.4%
23.2%
28.2%
48.3%
28.6%
22.4%
27.3%
37.8%
29.4%
Physical appearance
20.7%
31.3%
23.1%
13.8%
14.3%
17.1%
13.6%
15.6%
11.8%
Recent weight gain
10.9%
10.1%
12.8%
13.8%
19.0%
10.5%
13.6%
4.4%
11.8%
Family medical antecedents
2.6%
3.0%
2.6%
0.0%
4.8%
3.9%
4.5%
0.0%
0.0%
BMI kg/m2
30.6 (24.4, 39.7)
27.3 (23.7, 31.0)
27.5 (23.9, 31.8)
28.9 (24.9, 33.9)
27.3 (24.4, 31.9)
34.6 (29.3, 43.7)
32.4 (26.9, 41.3)
34.5 (29.5, 41.5)
32.8 (26.3, 40.0)
Body fat percentage
39.4 (31.0, 48.5)
35.2 (30.3, 39.7)
34.6 (31.0, 39.9)
36.9 (30.7, 39.8)
35.2 (29.9, 39.8)
44.5 (40.1, 50.8)
42.9 (40.0, 48.5)
44.7 (40.9, 49.3)
43.6 (40.2, 50.5)
Episodes per week
Exercise
1.5 (0.0, 5.6)
0.4 (0.0, 2.0)
4.4 (3.0, 7.0)
0.3 (0.0, 2.0)
3.9 (3.0, 6.8)
0.5 (0.0, 2.0)
4.3 (3.0, 7.0)
0.0 (0.0, 2.0)
4.8 (3.0, 7.0)
Energy-dense food/drink
12.4 (4.0, 24.0)
13.1 (4.0, 24.0)
13.2 (4.0, 25.0)
11.0 (2.5, 19.5)
11.0 (2.1, 25.5)
13.7 (3.9, 26.0)
9.7 (0.8, 17.9)
11.2 (2.3, 23.4)
11.3 (3.0, 23.5)
, BMI, body fat percentage, and episodes per week of specified behaviour are expressed as means and 95% confidence interval in brackets. Occupation and motives to lose weight are expressed as proportion of participants.
