Eating behavior associated with food intake in European adolescents participating in the HELENA study

Maneschy, I. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Moreno, L. A. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Rupérez, A. I. ; Jimeno, A. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Miguel-Berges, M. L. ; Widhalm, K. ; Kafatos, A. ; Molina-Hidalgo, C. ; Molnar, D. ; Gottrand, F. ; Le Donne, C. ; Manios, Y. ; Grammatikaki, E. ; González-Gross, M. ; Kersting, M. ; Dallongeville, J. ; Gómez-Martinez, S. ; Henauw, S. de ; Santaliestra-Pasías, A. M. ; on behalf of the HELENA, Study Group

Resumen: 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.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.3390/nu14153033

Año: 2022

Publicado en: Nutrients 14, 15 (2022), 3033 [15 pp.]
ISSN: 2072-6643

Factor impacto JCR: 5.9 (2022)

Categ. JCR: NUTRITION & DIETETICS rank: 17 / 87 = 0.195 (2022) - Q1 - T1

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 9.0 - Nursing (Q1) - Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Q1)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 1.291 - Nutrition and Dietetics (Q1) - Food Science (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EUR/FP6/FOOD-CT-2005-007034

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Enfermería (Dpto. Fisiatría y Enfermería)