*3.3. Effortful Control*

ED and obese groups with binge eating (AN-BP, BN, Class II obesity + BE, Class III obesity + BE) scored significantly lower on effortful control (total score and inhibitory control) compared to healthy controls, whereas ED and obese groups without binge eating

(AN-R, Class II obesity—BE, Class III obesity—BE) did not significantly differ from healthy controls (Figures 3 and 4). Within the ED groups, patients with AN-BP/BN scored significantly lower on effortful control (total, inhibitory, and activation) compared to patients with AN-R (Figures 3–5), whereas in the obesity groups, obese patients with binge eating scored significantly lower on all measures of effortful control compared to obese patients without binge eating. Obese patients without binge eating scored similarly to healthy controls on activation and attentional control (Figures 5 and 6).

**Figure 3.** Means (standard errors) of the effortful control scale—total control scores for eating disorders, healthy controls, and obesity groups, controlled for age.

**Figure 4.** Means (standard errors) of the effortful control scale—inhibitory control scores for eating disorders, healthy controls, and obesity groups, controlled for age.

**Figure 5.** Means (standard errors) of the effortful control scale—activation control scores for eating disorders, healthy controls, and obesity groups, controlled for age.

**Figure 6.** Means (standard errors) of the effortful control scale—attentional control scores for eating disorders, healthy controls, and obesity groups, controlled for age.
