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Table 2 Stress-eating behaviour of participants who identified themselves as stress-eaters (N = 594)a

From: Stress eating: an online survey of eating behaviours, comfort foods, and healthy food substitutes in German adults

 

Never

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

Very often

p-value

“I eat …”

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

More*

16 (2.7)

32 (5.4)

136 (23.0)

270 (45.6)

138 (23.3)

0.08

Less*

197 (33.4)

216 (36.6)

103 (17.5)

51 (8.6)

23 (3.9)

0.82

More often

31 (5.2)

47 (7.9)

117 (19.7)

280 (47.1)

119 (20.0)

0.12

More rarely

233 (39.2)

205 (34.5)

85 (14.3)

53 (8.9)

18 (3.0)

0.88

Faster

63 (10.6)

79 (13.3)

122 (20.5)

192 (32.3)

138 (23.2)

0.38

Slower

341 (57.4)

166 (27.9)

62 (10.4)

19 (3.2)

6 (1.0)

0.89

Other food

50 (8.4)

67 (11.3)

154 (25.9)

189 (31.8)

134 (22.6)

0.55

  1. *Different sample sizes because of missing answers
  2. aWhat applies to you regarding stress-eating?