Table 3 The relationship between eating self-efficacy and eating behavior tendencies in the PrevMetSyn study subjects, i.e., cognitive restraint, uncontrolled eating, emotional eating, and binge eating. Unstandardized coefficients (B), standard errors (SE), standardized coefficients (β), 95% confidence intervals (CI), and p values obtained by linear regression analysis.

From: Low eating self-efficacy is associated with unfavorable eating behavior tendencies among individuals with overweight and obesity

Variable

Men

Women

B

SE

(95% CI)

β

p value

B

SE

(95% CI)

β

p value

Cognitive restraint (CR)

0.04

0.11

(− 0.18, 0.26)

0.02

0.711

0.44

0.13

(0.19, 0.69)

0.18

< 0.001

Uncontrolled eating (UE)

− 0.32

0.12

(− 0.55, − 0.09)

− 0.17

0.007

− 0.63

0.13

(− 0.88, − 0.38)

− 0.34

< 0.001

Emotional eating (EE)

− 0.30

0.07

(− 0.44, − 0.16)

− 0.23

< 0.001

− 0.23

0.08

(− 0.38, − 0.08)

− 0.17

0.003

Binge eating (BE)

− 2.57

0.33

(− 3.23, − 1.91)

− 0.46

< 0.001

− 1.03

0.26

(− 1.54, − 0.53)

− 0.25

< 0.001

  1. Significant values are in [bold].