Table 3 The status of eating behaviors among nursing students (N = 242)

Enjoyment Food

3.84

0.846

3.72

3.94

EF 1

I love food

4.01

1.024

EF 3

I enjoy eating

4.12

0.930

EF 4

I look forward to mealtimes

3.38

1.134

Emotional Over-Eating

2.82

0.819

2.72

2.92

EOE 5

I eat more When I’m annoyed

2.70

1.360

EOE 8

I eat more When I’m worried

3.38

1.317

EOE 10

I eat more When I’m upset

2.64

1.354

EOE 16

I eat more When I’m anxious

2.66

1.291

EOE 21

I eat more When I’m angry

2.73

1.287

Emotional Under-Eating

3.18

0.666

3.10

3.27

EUE 15

I eat less When I’m worried

3.33

1.223

EUE 18

I eat less When I’m angry

3.28

1.279

EUE 20

I eat less When I’m upset

3.41

1.242

EUE 27

I eat less When I’m annoyed

3.35

1.222

EUE 35

I eat less When I’m anxious

2.56

1.240

Food Fussiness

3.48

0.591

3.41

3.56

FF 7

I refuse new foods at first

2.74

1.257

FF 12

I enjoy tasting new foods

3.71

1.062

FF 19

I am interested in tasting new food I haven’t tasted before

3.75

0.988

FF 24

I enjoy a wide variety of foods

3.74

1.084

Food Responsiveness

2.87

0.849

2.76

2.99

FR 13

I often feel hungry when I’m with someone who is eating

3.28

1.170

FR 17

Given the choice, I would eat most if the time

2.65

1.117

FR 22

I am always thinking about food

2.69

1.189

Hunger

3.13

0.832

3.02

3.23

H 9

If I miss a meal, I get irritable

3.21

1.245

H 28

I often feel so hungry that I have to eat something right away

3.09

1.130

H 32

I often feel hungry

2.95

1.029

H 34

If my meals are delayed, I get light-headed

3.26

1.170

Slowness In Eating

3.08

0.654

2.99

3.17

SE 14

I often finish my meals quickly

3.19

1.306

SE 25

I am often last at finishing a meal

3.02

1.350

SE 26

I eat more and more slowly during the course of a meal

3.08

1.297

SE 29

I eat slowly

3.04

1.290

Satiety Responsiveness

3.02

0.825

2.91

3.13

SR 23

I often get full before my meal is finished

2.79

1.213

SR 30

I cannot eat a meal if I have had a snack just before

3.2009

1.075

SR 31

I get full up easily

3.06

1.002

Food Approach

3.17

0.612

3.09

3.24

Food Avoidance

3.19

0.001

3.14

3.25

Total

3.18

0.398

3.12

3.23