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Children’s Eating Behaviour Questionnaire: association with BMI in children aged 3–10 years from Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Abstract Objective: To evaluate differences in children’s eating behaviour in relation to their weight status. Design: Prospective, cross-sectional study. Anthropometric measures were taken and age- and sex-adjusted BMI percentiles and… Click to show full abstract

Abstract Objective: To evaluate differences in children’s eating behaviour in relation to their weight status. Design: Prospective, cross-sectional study. Anthropometric measures were taken and age- and sex-adjusted BMI percentiles and Z-scores were calculated according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations to assess weight status. Parents completed a questionnaire which included demographic data and the Children’s Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ) to assess eating behaviour. Setting: Tuzla Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina (September 2016–September 2017). Participants: Male and female children aged 3–10 years and one of their parents. Results: The study sample comprised 2500 children; 6·8 % of them were underweight and 14·4 % were overweight, while there were 14·8 % obese children and 64·0 % had normal weight. The factor analysis of CEBQ revealed an eight-factor solution. Significant differences in CEBQ subscale scores were found within BMI categories for all CEBQ subscales except Food Fussiness. On the other hand, child BMI Z-scores showed a linear increase with the ‘food approach’ subscales of the CEBQ, except the Desire to Drink subscale which was excluded from analysis, and a decrease with ‘food avoidant’ subscales. Conclusions: The present study suggests that the CEBQ is valuable for identifying specific eating styles that are associated with weight status and can be seen as important and modifiable determinants implicated in the development and maintenance of overweight/obesity as well as underweight.

Keywords: behaviour questionnaire; children eating; bosnia herzegovina; eating behaviour

Journal Title: Public Health Nutrition
Year Published: 2019

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