Table 3 Comparison of food consumption and eating behaviours between a German normative sample, Palestinian clinical and Western clinical countries

Healthy food & drinks

2.75_a (0.08)

2.52_ab (0.02)

2.84_b (0.01)

994

7.68

0.006

Diet products

2.48_ab (0.08)

2.28_a (0.02)

2.24_b (0.01)

985

6.69

0.010

Traditional products

2.79_a (0.70)

2.51_a (0.02)

2.41_a (0.01)

976

16.47

<0.001

Fast food

2.34_a (0.10)

2.09_a (0.03)

6.09

0.014

Regular meals

3.83_a (0.10)

2.50_ab (0.03)

3.72_b (0.02)

1101

10.78

0.001

Unhealthy snacking

3.01_a (0.15)

2.48_a (0.04)

2.35_a (0.02)

999

11.34

0.001

Eating away from home

2.18 (0.21)

2.46_a (0.05)

2.20_a (0.03)

1009

1.66

0.198

Emotional eating

1.99 (0.19)

2.19_a (0.05)

1.83_a (0.03)

996

1.04

0.309

Eating socially

2.59 (0.19)

2.88_a (0.05)

3.05_a (0.03)

1004

2.16

0.141