*3.1. Descriptive Statistics of the Sample*

Participant characteristics and scale scores are presented in Table 1. Of the 1142 participants, based on their BMI, 82.1% of them (*n* = 938) reported being normal-weight (NW), 12.9% of them (*n* = 147) reported being overweight (OW) and 5% of them (*n* = 57) reported being obese (OB). Among the obese participants, 63.2% reported moderate obesity (Class 1: BMI of 30 to 34.9), 26.3% reported severe obesity (Class 2: BMI of 35 to 39.9), and 10.5% reported morbid obesity (Class 3: BMI of 40 or higher). The mean ages were 22.7 years (±6.6) for normal-weight participants (75.6% women), 25.3 years (±10.1) for overweight participants (68.7% women), and 28.6 years (±10.3) for obese participants (80.7% women).


**Table 1.** Descriptive statistics of the sample.


**Table 1.** *Cont.*

M: Mean. SD: Standard Deviation. BMI: Body Mass Index. HAD: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. EMAQ: Emotional Appetite Questionnaire. IES-2: Intuitive Eating Scale 2; EPR: Eating for physical rather than emotional reasons; RHSC: Reliance on Hunger and Satiety Cues; UPE: Unconditional Permission to Eat. mYFAS: modified Yale Food Addiction Scale.
