Validation of the Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire parent version (DEBQ-P) in the Italian population: A screening tool to detect differences in eating behaviour among obese, overweight and normal-weight preadolescents
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Objective To validate the Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire Parent version (DEBQ-P) in the Italian population and investigate the differences in eating behaviour among Italian normal-weight, overweight and obese preadolescents.Design A cross-sectional validation study. Participants were measured and the approved translation of the questionnaire was administered to their parents.Setting : Three school communities in the province of Bergamo, Northern Italy.Subjects A total of 312 preadolescents (mean age 12.9 y; s.d. 0.8, both sexes) from three secondary schools of the province of Bergamo, Northern Italy, and their parents were invited to participate to the study. Informed written consent was obtained from each subject and their parents. Students were measured and their parents filled in the approved translation of the DEBQ-P. Recruitment was opportunistic and school based.Results Factor and internal consistency analysis confirmed the factor structure of the DEBQ-P and the high internal consistency of its three scales. Variance analysis showed that eating behaviour of Italian normal-weight, overweight and obese preadolescents differs significantly only in regards to the 'restrained eating' scale (F 19.29, P < 0.001), with overweight and obese scoring higher.Conclusions The DEBQ-P can be used for screening projects regarding eating behaviour in the Italian population. The association between restrained eating and weight status was confirmed for both sexes, but the relationship between external eating and emotional overeating and overweight requires further exploration.
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The DEBQ was chosen as a measure of emotional eating because no other validated instruments are available, except for the DEBQ version for parents, which is unsuitable for parents of hospitalized adolescents.
“The DEBQ was chosen as a measure of emotional eating in our sample, since no other validated instruments are available, except for the DEBQ version for parents [49], which is unfortunately unsuitable for parents of our sample of hospitalized adolescents.”
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- Authors
- Caccialanza, R., Nicholls, D., Cena, H., Maccarini, L., Rezzani, C., Antonioli, L., Dieli, S., & Roggi, C.
- Affiliations
- University of Pavia (IT)
- Great Ormond Street Hospital (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Caccialanza, R
- Venue
- European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Published
- 2004-03-31
- Volume
- 58
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 1217-1222
- ISSN
- 0954-3007 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-5640
- OpenAlex
- W1983340416
- Cited by
- 73
- References
- 39
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 2.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Keywords
- eating behaviour, questionnaire validation, Italian adolescents, preadolescents, childhood obesity, overweight, weight status, dietary restraint, emotional overeating, external eating, screening tool
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Analysis of Variance, Child, Cross-Sectional Studies, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Feeding Behavior, Female, Humans, Italy, Male, Mass Screening, Obesity, Surveys and Questionnaires, Reproducibility of Results
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