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The joint impact on being overweight of self reported behaviours of eating quickly and eating until full : cross sectional survey

Koutatsu Maruyama, Shinichi Sato, Tetsuya Ohira, Kenji Maeda, Hiroyuki Noda, Yoshimi Kubota, Setsuko Nishimura, Akihiko Kitamura, Masahiko Kiyama, Takeo Okada, Hironori Imano, Masakazu Nakamura, Yoshinori Ishikawa, Michinori Kurokawa, Satoshi Sasaki, Hiroyasu Iso
Table 1

 Characteristics of participants according to combination of eating until full and eating quickly. Values are means (standard errors) unless stated otherwise

CharacteristicsNot eating until full, not eating quicklyEating until full, not eating quicklyNot eating until full, eating quicklyEating until full, eating quicklyTotal
Men:n=352n=258n=199n=313n=1122
 Mean (SD) age (years)58.1 (10.0)54.8 (10.3)57.0 (9.7)51.4 (11.3)55.3 (10.7)
 Height (cm)164.8 (0.3)165.8 (0.4)165.9 (0.4)166.6 (0.3)165.7 (0.2)
 Weight (kg)63.1 (0.5)66.8 (0.6)64.9 (0.7)69.6 (0.5)66.1 (0.3)
 Body mass index (kg/m2)23.2 (0.2)24.3 (0.2)23.6 (0.2)25.0 (0.2)24.0 (0.1)
 Total energy intake (kcal)2190 (30)2296 (35)2143 (40)2296 (32)2236 (17)
 Total protein intake (% energy)14.1 (0.1)13.8 (0.2)14.2 (0.2)13.7 (0.1)13.9 (0.1)
 Total fat intake (% energy)23.2 (0.3)22.6 (0.3)23.0 (0.4)22.7 (0.3)22.9 (0.2)
 Carbohydrate intake (% energy)53.2 (0.4)53.2 (0.5)53.2 (0.6)53.8 (0.5)53.4 (0.2)
 Total dietary fibre intake (g/1000 kcal)5.5 (0.1)5.4 (0.1)5.6 (0.1)5.4 (0.1)5.5 (0.0)
 Alcohol intake (% energy)7.7 (0.4)8.6 (0.5)7.7 (0.6)7.9 (0.5)8.0 (0.2)
 Overweight (%)23.133.130.248.733.8
 Current smoker (%)51.046.752.640.647.4
 Desk worker (%)10.511.89.410.310.5
 Regular physical activity (%)35.632.736.536.335.3
Women:n=668n=712n=232n=553n=2165
 Mean (SD) age (years)54.6 (11.0)51.2 (11.0)53.2 (11.0)50.9 (10.9)52.4 (11.1)
 Height (cm)153.5 (0.2)153.9 (0.2)154.1 (0.3)154.7 (0.2)154.0 (0.1)
 Weight (kg)51.6 (0.3)53.7 (0.3)53.4 (0.5)57.5 (0.3)54.0 (0.2)
 Body mass index (kg/m2)21.9 (0.1)22.7 (0.1)22.5 (0.2)24.0 (0.1)22.8 (0.1)
 Total energy intake (kcal)1693 (17)1812 (17)1719 (29)1840 (19)1773 (10)
 Total protein intake (% energy)15.7 (0.1)15.2 (0.1)15.4 (0.2)15.4 (0.1)15.4 (0.1)
 Total fat intake (% energy)27.6 (0.2)27.0 (0.2)27.5 (0.3)27.3 (0.2)27.3 (0.1)
 Carbohydrate intake (% energy)53.9 (0.3)55.0 (0.3)54.7 (0.4)55.0 (0.3)54.6 (0.1)
 Total dietary fibre intake (g/1000 kcal)6.9 (0.1)6.7 (0.1)7.1 (0.1)6.8 (0.1)6.8 (0.0)
 Alcohol intake (% energy)1.4 (0.2)1.4 (0.1)1.1 (0.3)1.0 (0.2)1.3 (0.1)
 Overweight (%)14.019.919.934.321.8
 Current smoker (%)10.58.511.210.710.0
 Desk worker (%)4.05.55.86.25.2
 Regular physical activity (%)39.035.541.738.938.1

All values are adjusted for age except for number of overweight, current smoker, desk worker, and engaging in regular physical activity.