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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Plate size and food consumption: a pre-registered experimental study in a general population sample

Measure

Small Plate

(n = 67)

Large Plate

(n = 67)

Gender, n = 134

 Men, n (%)

33 (49%)

32 (48%)

 Women, n (%)

33 (49%)

35 (52%)

 Other, n (%)

1 (1%)

0

 Age (Mean (SD)), n = 134

35.9 (12.9)

35.9 (10.9)

Ethnicity, n = 132

 White, n (%)

57 (86%)

57 (86%)

 Non-white, n (%)

9 (14%)

9 (14%)

 BMI (Mean (SD)), n = 134

27.3 (4.9)

26.5 (4.7)

Socio-economic position

Highest qualificationa, n = 132

 No qualifications

3 (5%)

3 (5%)

 Up to 4 GCSE’s

7 (11%)

7 (10%)

 5 or more GCSE’s or 1 A-level

10 (15%)

11 (17%)

 2 or more A-levels

12 (18%)

9 (14%)

 Bachelor’s degree

16 (24%)

16 (24%)

 Post-Graduate degree or qualification

18 (27%)

20 (30%)

Income per year before tax, n = 126

Lower income

 (Up to £39,999)a, n (%)

29 (46%)

32 (51%)

Higher income

 (£40,000 and more), n (%)

34 (54%)

31 (49%)

IMDb (Mean (SD)), n = 120

12.6 (7.7)

11.6 (7.2)

Hunger (Mean (SD)), n = 134

52.4 (25.8)

50.1 (23.7)

Fullness (Mean (SD)), n = 134

26.7 (24.5)

27.9 (21.8)

  1. aLower/higher income categorisation is equivalent to average household income below, and above, ~$50,000 or €45,000
  2. bIndex of Multiple Deprivation