Abstract

The study purposes were to: (i) Investigate eating behaviours among patients in a paediatric weight management clinical practice and (ii) Compare eating behaviour phenotypes between children with severe obesity and obesity. This was a retrospective cross-sectional study using data collected during clinical encounters. Participants were included if they were 2-12 years old, had a body mass index ≥95th percentile and if a parent or guardian completed the Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ). Participants (n=149) were children with severe obesity (n=108) and obesity (n=41). The mean Satiety Responsiveness score was significantly lower for children with severe obesity than for children with obesity. Girls with severe obesity had significantly higher Enjoyment of Food and significantly lower Satiety Responsiveness and Slowness in Eating than girls with obesity. The findings demonstrate the potential clinical utility of the CEBQ for informing tailored treatment strategies through identifying eating behaviour phenotypes.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)68-72
Number of pages5
JournalClinical obesity
Volume6
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1 2016

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
AG, CF and AK participated in study design, literature search, data interpretation, and writing of the manuscript; KR participated in study design, data analysis and interpretation, generation of tables and writing of the manuscript; AF participated in literature search, data collection and database management. All authors critically reviewed and approved the submitted manuscript. This work was supported in part by funding from award UL1TR000114 of the NCATS.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 World Obesity.

Keywords

  • Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire
  • Paediatric obesity
  • Severe obesity

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