Table 4 Association between stress-driven eating behaviour, consumption of sweet or salty snack-type foods and beverages and other health behaviours
Food or beverage | Amount or frequency | Girls | Boys | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non-stress-driven eaters n (%) | Stress-driven eaters n (%) | p(χ2-test) | Non-stress-driven eaters n (%) | Stress-driven eaters n (%) | p(χ2-test) | ||
Sausages and frankfurters | Once a week or less often | 1692 (84.2) | 1278 (83.6) | 1890 (69.3) | 313 (63.7) | ||
Twice a week or more often | 317 (15.8) | 251 (16.4) | 0.611 | 838 (30.7) | 178 (36.3) | 0.018 | |
Hamburgers and pizzas | Twice a week or less often | 1959 (97.5) | 1480 (96.9) | 2519 (92.4) | 438 (89.0) | ||
3–5 times a week or more often | 50 (2.5) | 48 (3.1) | 0.256 | 208 (7.6) | 54 (11.0) | 0.015 | |
Chocolate | Twice a week or less often | 1788 (89.0) | 1303 (85.2) | 2482 (91.2) | 433 (88.0) | ||
3–5 times a week or more often | 221 (11.0) | 227 (14.8) | 0.001 | 239 (8.8) | 59 (12.0) | 0.028 | |
Sweets | Twice a week or less often | 1481 (74.0) | 1019 (67.0) | 2105 (77.6) | 357 (72.7) | ||
3-5 times a week or more often | 520 (26.0) | 503 (33.0) | <0.001 | 607 (22.4) | 134 (27.3) | 0.020 | |
Ice cream | Twice a week or less often | 1509 (75.0) | 1115 (73.0) | 2054 (75.2) | 363 (74.2) | ||
3–5 times a week or more often | 503 (25.0) | 413 (27.0) | 0.175 | 676 (24.8) | 126 (25.8) | 0.650 | |
Sugar-free soft drinks (light sodas) | Twice a week or less often | 1805 (90.2) | 1336 (88.0) | 2456 (90.5) | 435 (88.6) | ||
3–5 times a week or more often | 197 (9.8) | 182 (12.0) | 0.042 | 259 (9.5) | 56 (11.4) | 0.216 | |
Sugar-sweetened soft drinks | Twice a week or less often | 1552 (77.2) | 1173 (76.8) | 1799 (66.0) | 302 (61.5) | ||
3–5 times a week or more often | 459 (22.8) | 354 (23.2) | 0.809 | 925 (34.0) | 189 (38.5) | 0.057 | |
Alcoholic beverages | Never | 1047 (51.9) | 615 (40.2) | 1565 (57.1) | 267 (54.0) | ||
Randomly | 544 (26.9) | 439 (28.7) | 666 (24.3) | 115 (23.3) | |||
Once a month or more often | 428 (21.2) | 475 (31.1) | <0.001 | 511 (18.6) | 112 (22.7) | 0.111 | |
Physical activity | <2 hours a week | 796 (39.7) | 637 (41.9) | 852 (31.3) | 152 (31.0) | ||
2–3 hours a week | 613 (30.6) | 440 (28.9) | 627 (23.0) | 116 (23.6) | |||
>3 hours a week | 596 (29.7) | 444 (29.2) | 0.391 | 1246 (45.7) | 223 (45.4) | 0.956 | |
Tobacco use | Never smoked or taken snuff | 758 (37.5) | 417 (27.2) | 1015 (37.2) | 166 (33.6) | ||
Experimental or occasional use of cigarettes or snuff | 763 (37.8) | 657 (42.9) | 1058 (38.7) | 198 (40.1) | |||
Smoking or taking snuff regularly | 499 (24.7) | 458 (29.9) | <0.001 | 658 (24.1) | 130 (26.3) | 0.288 | |
Sleeping | <8 hours per night | 450 (22.4) | 410 (26.8) | 446 (16.4) | 92 (18.9) | ||
8–9 hours per night | 1344 (66.9) | 966 (63.1) | 1813 (66.8) | 312 (63.9) | |||
>9 hours per night | 215 (10.7) | 154 (10.1) | 0.010 | 457 (16.8) | 84 (17.2) | 0.370 | |
Binge eating | Never - occasionally | 1914 (94.8) | 1316 (85.8) | 2513 (91.3) | 395 (79.6) | ||
Once a month - daily | 104 (5.2) | 218 (14.2) | <0.001 | 239 (8.7) | 101 (20.4) | <0.001 | |
Strict diet to control weight | Never | 1544 (76.7) | 928 (61.0) | 2487 (91.3) | 399 (83.1) | ||
Occasionally or often | 469 (23.3) | 594 (39.0) | <0.001 | 237 (8.7) | 81 (16.9) | <0.001 | |
Heavy exercise to control weight | Never | 1284 (64.0) | 738 (48.6) | 1963 (71.8) | 286 (58.5) | ||
Occasionally or often | 723 (36.0) | 781 (51.4) | <0.001 | 770 (28.2) | 203 (41.5) | <0.001 | |
Eating meals with family | Daily or almost daily | 1342 (66.6) | 918 (59.8) | 2059 (75.4) | 361 (73.2) | ||
A few times a week or less often | 674 (33.4) | 616 (40.2) | <0.001 | 672 (24.6) | 132 (26.8) | 0.309 | |