Eating behaviour styles in Irish teens

A cross-sectional study

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15096089
AutoresAisling N Daly (0000-0001-5119-1423, Technological University Dublin, autor de correspondencia), Elizabeth J O’Sullivan (0000-0001-7418-7902, Technological University Dublin), Janette Walton (0000-0003-4758-5328, Munster Technological University), Breige A McNulty (0000-0003-0841-063X, University College Dublin), John Kearney (0000-0003-1048-1277, Technological University Dublin), John M Kearney
Año2021
Volumen24
Número8
Páginas2144-2152
Fecha de publicación2021-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPublic Health Nutrition (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1368-9800 • E-ISSN: 1475-2727
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1368980020003055
PMID32883405
OpenAlexW3083609227
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas40

Objectives: To describe the eating behaviour styles of Irish teens and to explore the relationships between demographic factors, BMI and dietary intake and these eating behaviour styles. Design: Cross-sectional data from the Irish National Teens’ Food Survey (2005–2006). The Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire assessed three eating behaviour styles in teens: restrained, emotional and external eating. Data were stratified by sex and age groups. Setting: The Republic of Ireland. Participants: Nationally representative sample of teens aged 13–17 years ( n 441). Results: The highest scoring eating behaviour style was external eating (2·83 external v . 1·79 restraint and 1·84 emotional). Girls scored higher than boys on all three scales (Restraint: 2·04 v . 1·56, P v . 1·55, P v . 2·76, P = 0·03), and older teens scored higher than younger teens on the Emotional (1·97 v . 1·67, P v . 2·72, P = 0·01). Teens classified as overweight/obese scored higher than those classified as normal weight on the Restraint scale (2·15 v . 1·71, P v . 2·87, P r −0·343, P r −0·137, P = 0·004) and positively correlated with the External scale ( r 0·110, P = 0·02). Conclusions: External eating is the predominant eating behaviour style among Irish teens, but sex, age, BMI and dietary differences exist for each eating behaviour style. Including measures of eating behaviour styles into future dietary research could help understand both how and why as well as what people eat

Cross-sectional study · Disordered eating · Eating behavior · Eating disorders · Emotional eating · Irish · Obesity · Overweight · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology · Internal Medicine