Validation of the Children’s Eating Behavior Questionnaire in 5 and 6 Year-Old Children: The GUSTO Cohort Study

Frontiers in Psychology

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Phaik Ling Quah¹  Iccha Basnyat²  Hwee Lin Wee²  Fabian Yap⁴  Keith M. Godfrey⁵  Yap-Seng Chong¹  Lynette P. C. Shek¹  Kok Hian Tan⁸  Ciaran G. Forde⁹  Mary F. F. Chong¹  Lisa R. Fries^1,11  Mei Jun Chan¹  Anna Fogel⁹  Keri McCrickerd⁹  Ai Ting Goh⁹  Izzuddin M. Aris¹  Yung Seng Lee¹  Wei Wei Pang⁶ 

[1] Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Agency for Science, Technology and Research;Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore;Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore;Department of Pediatrics, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital;Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, National Institute for Health Research Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, The University of Southampton, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom;Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore – National University Health System;Department of Pediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Health System, National University of Singapore;Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital;Clinical Nutrition Research Center, Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Agency for Science, Technology and Research;Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore;Nestlé Research;Divisions of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Khoo Teck Puat-National University Children’s Medical Institute, National University Hospital, National University Health System

关键词: children’s eating behaviors;    BMI z-score;    confirmatory factor analysis;    exploratory factor analysis;    growing up in Singapore toward healthy outcomes;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00824

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Revised subscales of the Children’s Eating Behavior Questionnaire (CEBQ) have been proposed to be more appropriate for assessing appetitive traits in Singaporean 3 year-olds, but the CEBQ has not yet been validated in older children in this population. The current study aimed to validate the CEBQ at ages 5 ( n = 653) and 6 ( n = 449) in the ethnically diverse GUSTO cohort. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) examined whether the established eight-factor model of the CEBQ was supported in this sample. Overall, the CFA showed a poor model fit at both ages 5 and 6. At both ages 5 and 6, an exploratory factor analysis revealed a six-factor structure: food fussiness, enjoyment of food, slowness in eating, emotional undereating, emotional overeating and desire to drink. Cronbach’s alpha estimates ranged from 0.70 to 0.85 for all subscales. Criterion validity was tested by correlating subscales with the weight status of 6 years of age. At age 5 and 6, lower scores of slowness of eating while higher scores of enjoyment of food was associated with child overweight. At age 6, higher scores of desire to drink was also associated child overweight. In conclusion, a revised six factor-structure of the CEBQ at ages 5 and 6 were more appropriate for examining appetitive traits in this sample.

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