PMID- 21985269
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120112
LR  - 20220331
IS  - 1475-2891 (Electronic)
IS  - 1475-2891 (Linking)
VI  - 10
DP  - 2011 Oct 11
TI  - Association between eating behavior scores and obesity in Chilean children.
PG  - 108
LID - 10.1186/1475-2891-10-108 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Inadequate eating behavior and physical inactivity contribute to the 
      current epidemic of childhood obesity. The aim of this study was to assess the 
      association between eating behavior scores and childhood obesity in Chilean 
      children. DESIGN AND METHODS: We recruited 126 obese, 44 overweight and 124 
      normal-weight Chilean children (6-12 years-old; both genders) according to the 
      International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) criteria. Eating behavior scores were 
      calculated using the Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire (CEBQ). Factorial 
      analysis in the culturally-adapted questionnaire for Chilean population was used 
      to confirm the original eight-factor structure of CEBQ. The Cronbach's alpha 
      statistic (>0.7 in most subscales) was used to assess internal consistency. 
      Non-parametric methods were used to assess case-control associations. RESULTS: 
      Eating behavior scores were strongly associated with childhood obesity in Chilean 
      children. Childhood obesity was directly associated with high scores in the 
      subscales "enjoyment of food" (P < 0.0001), "emotional overeating" (P < 0.001) 
      and "food responsiveness" (P < 0.0001). Food-avoidant subscales "satiety 
      responsiveness" and "slowness in eating" were inversely associated with childhood 
      obesity (P < 0.001). There was a graded relation between the magnitude of these 
      eating behavior scores across groups of normal-weight, overweight and obesity 
      groups. CONCLUSION: Our study shows a strong and graded association between 
      specific eating behavior scores and childhood obesity in Chile.
FAU - Santos, Jose L
AU  - Santos JL
AD  - Department of Nutrition, Diabetes and Metabolism, School of Medicine, Pontificia 
      Universidad Catolica de Chile, Alameda 340, Santiago, Chile. jsantos@med.puc.cl
FAU - Ho-Urriola, Judith A
AU  - Ho-Urriola JA
FAU - Gonzalez, Andrea
AU  - Gonzalez A
FAU - Smalley, Susan V
AU  - Smalley SV
FAU - Dominguez-Vasquez, Patricia
AU  - Dominguez-Vasquez P
FAU - Cataldo, Rodrigo
AU  - Cataldo R
FAU - Obregon, Ana M
AU  - Obregon AM
FAU - Amador, Paola
AU  - Amador P
FAU - Weisstaub, Gerardo
AU  - Weisstaub G
FAU - Hodgson, M Isabel
AU  - Hodgson MI
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20111011
PL  - England
TA  - Nutr J
JT  - Nutrition journal
JID - 101152213
SB  - IM
MH  - Case-Control Studies
MH  - Child
MH  - Child Behavior/*psychology
MH  - Chile/epidemiology
MH  - Eating
MH  - Feeding Behavior/*psychology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/*epidemiology/*psychology
MH  - Overweight
MH  - Satiation
PMC - PMC3213088
EDAT- 2011/10/12 06:00
MHDA- 2012/01/13 06:00
PMCR- 2011/10/11
CRDT- 2011/10/12 06:00
PHST- 2011/05/11 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2011/10/11 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2011/10/12 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/10/12 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/01/13 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2011/10/11 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 1475-2891-10-108 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/1475-2891-10-108 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Nutr J. 2011 Oct 11;10:108. doi: 10.1186/1475-2891-10-108.