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

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1217-1222

  Caccialanza, Riccardo ^a   Nicholls, D ^b   Cena, H ^a   Maccarini, L ^a   Rezzani, C ^a   Antonioli, L ^c   Dieli, S ^c   Roggi, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ASL Bergamo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eating behaviour; Obesity; Overweight; Preadolescents; Screening questionnaire; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PARENTAL CONSENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 4644337864     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601949     Document Type: Article

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