From: Disordered eating among Arab and Jewish youth in Israel: the role of eating dinner with the family
 | Jews N = 3251 n(%) | Arabs N = 1675 n(%) | chi-square, p value |
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Sociodemographic characteristics: | |||
 Sex |  |  | 32.15,p < 0.001 |
  Females | 1594(49.03) | 964(57.55) |  |
  Males | 1657(50.97) | 711(42.45) |  |
 Age (years) |  |  | 2.24, p = 0.13 |
  11–14 | 1596(49.09) | 860(51.34) |  |
  15+ | 1655(50.91) | 815(48.66) |  |
 BMI category |  |  | 21.10,p < 0.001 |
  Underweight | 67(2.38) | 28(1.78) |  |
  Healthy weight | 1958(69.48) | 1015(64.44) |  |
  Overweight | 528(18.74) | 323(20.51) |  |
  Obese | 265(9.40) | 209(13.27) |  |
 SES of school |  |  | 91.11,p < 0.001 |
  Low | 1600(49.22) | 1064(63.52) |  |
  High | 1651(50.78) | 611(36.48) |  |
Disordered Eating (DE) by SCOFF [31] items: | |||
1. Do you make yourself sick because you feel uncomfortably full? | 321(10.57) | 137(10.16) | 0.162, p = .69 |
2. Do you worry you have lost control over how much you eat? | 1208(37.53) | 623(37.31) | 0.023, p = .88 |
3. Have you ever lost more than 3 kg in weight over a three-month period? | 1207(37.24) | 756(45.60) | 31.89,p < .001 |
4. Do you believe yourself to be fat when others say you are too thin? | 818(25.37) | 499(30.01) | 11.97,p < .001 |
5. Would you say that food dominates your life? | 942(29.07) | 531(31.78) | 3.84,p = .050 |
Likely case of DE (> two positive responses) | 635(19.53) | 421(25.13) | 20.59,p < .001 |
Where did you eat dinner last night? |  |  | 141.53,p < .001 |
 At home with parents/family | 1988(64.03) | 1019(69.23) |  |
 At home alone | 388(12.50) | 150(10.19) |  |
 At school/friend’s house/restaurant/cafeteria | 531(17.10) | 119(8.08) |  |
 Did not eat dinner | 162(5.22) | 174(11.82) |  |