We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Eating Behavior Associated with Food Intake in European Adolescents Participating in the HELENA Study.
- Authors
Maneschy, Ivie; Moreno, Luis A.; Ruperez, Azahara I.; Jimeno, Andrea; Miguel-Berges, María L.; Widhalm, Kurt; Kafatos, Anthony; Molina-Hidalgo, Cristina; Molnar, Dénes; Gottrand, Fréderic; Donne, Cinzia Le; Manios, Yannis; Grammatikaki, Evangelia; González-Gross, Marcela; Kersting, Mathilde; Dallongeville, Jean; Gómez-Martinez, Sonia; De Henauw, Stefaan; Santaliestra-Pasías, Alba M.
- Abstract
Adolescence is recognized as a time of rapid physiological and behavioral change. In this transition, eating behavior is still being formed and remains an integral part of a person's lifestyle throughout his or her life. This study aims to assess eating behavior and associations with food intake in European adolescents. We included 2194 adolescents (45.9% boys), aged 12.5 to 17.5 years, from the cross-sectional HELENA study, with two completed 24 h recalls and complete questionnaire data on their eating behavior (Eating Behavior and Weight Problems Inventory for Children- EWI-C). Three subscales of the EWI were evaluated; they measured Strength and motivation to eat (EWI 1), Importance and impact of eating (EWI 2), and Eating as a means of coping with emotional stress (EWI 3). Since these subscales were specially focused on eating behavior, participants were classified as either Low (≤P75) or High (>P75) on each of the subscales. Our results showed a higher consumption of different types of food, in the EWI 1 scales, linked to the hunger and interest in eating, and we observed a relationship with the consumption of energy-dense products. This result was repeated in EWI 3, the subscale linked to emotional eating, where we also found higher consumption of energy-dense products. This study suggests that special features of eating behavior are associated with food intake in adolescents.
- Subjects
EUROPE; FOOD habits; ENERGY density; QUESTIONNAIRES
- Publication
Nutrients, 2022, Vol 14, Issue 15, p3033
- ISSN
2072-6643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nu14153033