Eating Behavior Associated with Food Intake in European Adolescents Participating in the HELENA Study

Autor: Ivie Maneschy, Luis A. Moreno, Azahara I. Ruperez, Andrea Jimeno, María L. Miguel-Berges, Kurt Widhalm, Anthony Kafatos, Cristina Molina-Hidalgo, Dénes Molnar, Fréderic Gottrand, Cinzia Le Donne, Yannis Manios, Evangelia Grammatikaki, Marcela González-Gross, Mathilde Kersting, Jean Dallongeville, Sonia Gómez-Martinez, Stefaan De Henauw, Alba M. Santaliestra-Pasías, on behalf of the HELENA Study Group
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Nutrients, Vol 14, Iss 15, p 3033 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 14153033
2072-6643
DOI: 10.3390/nu14153033
Popis: 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.
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