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Comparative Study
. 2015 Jan-Mar;33(1):42-9.
doi: 10.1016/j.rpped.2014.11.007. Epub 2015 Feb 3.

[Children's eating behaviour: comparison between normal and overweight children from a school in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil]

[Article in Portuguese]
Darlise Rodrigues dos Passos  1 , Denise Petrucci Gigante  2 , Francine Villela Maciel  2 , Alicia Matijasevich  3
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Comparative Study

[Children's eating behaviour: comparison between normal and overweight children from a school in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil]

[Article in Portuguese]
Darlise Rodrigues dos Passos et al. Rev Paul Pediatr. 2015 Jan-Mar.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:: To evaluate differences in children's eating behavior in relation to their nutritional status, gender and age.

METHODS:: Male and female children aged six to ten years were included. They were recruited from a private school in the city of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil, in 2012. Children´s Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ) subscales were used to assess eating behaviors: Food Responsiveness (FR), Enjoyment of Food (EF), Desire to Drink (DD), Emotional Overeating (EOE), Emotional Undereating (EUE), Satiety Responsiveness (SR), Food Fussiness (FF) and Slowness in Eating (SE). Age-adjusted body mass index (BMI) z-scores were calculated according to the WHO recommendations to assess nutritional status.

RESULTS:: The study sample comprised 335 children aged 87.9±10.4 months and 49.3% had normal weight (n=163), 26% were overweight (n=86), 15% were obese (n=50) and 9.7% were severely obese (n=32). Children with excess weight showed higher scores at the CEBQ subscales associated with "food approach" (FR, EF, DD, EOE, p<0.001) and lower scores on two "food avoidance" subscales (SR and SE, p<0.001 and p=0.003, respectively) compared to normal weight children. Differences in the eating behavior related to gender and age were not found.

CONCLUSIONS:: "Food approach" subscales were positively associated to excess weight in children, but no associations with gender and age were found.

Keywords: Avaliação nutricional; Child; Comportamento alimentar; Criança; Feeding behavior; Nutritional assessment; Obesidade; Obesity.

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Figure 1. Nutritional status of children aged 6 to 10 years from a private school, according to gender (n = 331). Pelotas (RS), 2012.
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Figure 2. Mean scores for the subscales of "interest in food" (A) and "lack of interest in food" (B) of the CEBQ, according to categories of body mass index of the children (n=331). Pelotas, RS, 2012.
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Figura 1. Estado nutricional de crianças de seis a dez anos de uma escola privada, conforme sexo (n = 331). Pelotas (RS), 2012.
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Figura 2. Pontuação média das subescalas de "interesse pela comida" (A) e de "desinteresse pela comida" (B) do CEBQ, conforme as categorias do índice de massa corporal das crianças (n = 331). Pelotas, RS, 2012.
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