scholarly journals Measuring eating behaviour

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalma Pető
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Energy Intake ◽  
Eating Behaviour ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Eating Behaviours ◽  
Human Obesity ◽  
Measurement Tools ◽  
Important Approach ◽  
Tools And Methods

Obesity has dramatically increased during the last decades and is currently one of the most serious global health problems. The consequences of obesity for physical health are well established. The development of human obesity is attributed to overeating. Studying eating behaviour is an important approach in tackling obesity. Eating behaviours influence energy intake through choices about when and where to eat, and the types and amounts of foods chosen, including decisions about starting and stopping eating. This paper summarizes the measurement tools and methods in analyzing eating behaviour. The aim of this paper was to find the correct questionnaire for future research, which is the Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire in this case.

scholarly journals A systematic review of the association between emotions and eating behaviour in normal and overweight adult populations

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracey J Devonport ◽  
Wendy Nicholls ◽  
Christopher Fullerton
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Emotional Eating ◽  
Eating Behaviour ◽  
Quality Analysis ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Eating Behaviours ◽  
Overweight Adult ◽  
Methodological Considerations ◽  
Meta Analyses

A systematic review was completed according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. A comprehensive search of four electronic databases (2004–2015) yielded 60,017 articles, of which 29 met inclusion criteria. Included studies performed poorly on data quality analysis in terms of randomisation and controlling for confounding factors. Participant’s body mass index scores range from 19.73 (standard deviation = 1.54) to 28.4 (standard deviation = 1.4) kg/m2. Where positive and negative affects were compared, food was more likely to be consumed in response to positive affect. With regard to discrete emotions; stress, depression and sadness consistently elicited eating behaviours that fall outside of nutritional recommendations (e.g. increased food intake or poor nutritional food choices). The role of moderators including individual differences in dietary restraint and emotional eating, as well as methodological considerations, such as means of eliciting and measuring emotions, may account for equivocality with regard to some emotion and eating associations. This article concludes with recommendations for future research and implications for practice.

scholarly journals Urban–rural differences in adolescent eating behaviour: a multilevel cross-sectional study of 15-year-olds in Scotland

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 1776-1785 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate A Levin
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Eating Behaviour ◽  
School Level ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Eating Behaviours ◽  
Breakfast Consumption ◽  
Consumption Frequency ◽  
Urban Rural

AbstractObjectiveImproving the diet of the Scottish population has been a government focus in recent years. Population health is known to vary between geographies; therefore alongside trends and socio-economic inequalities in eating behaviour, geographic differences should also be monitored.DesignEating behaviour data from the 2010 Scotland Health Behaviour in School-aged Children survey were modelled using multilevel linear and logistic modelling.SettingData were collected in schools across urban and rural Scotland.SubjectsSchoolchildren aged 15 years.ResultsAdolescents living in remote rural Scotland had the highest consumption frequency of vegetables (on average consumed on 6·68 d/week) and the lowest consumption frequency of sweets and crisps (on 4·27 and 3·02 d/week, respectively). However, it was not in the major four cities of Scotland (Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen) but in the geography described by the classification ‘other urban’ areas (large towns of between 10 000 and 125 000 residents) that adolescents had the poorest diet. Deprivation and rurality were independently associated with food consumption for all but fruit consumption. Sharing a family meal, dieting behaviour, food poverty and breakfast consumption did not differ by rurality. Variance at the school level was significant for fruit and vegetable consumption frequencies and for irregular breakfast consumption, regardless of rurality.ConclusionsYoung people from rural areas have a healthier diet than those living in urban areas. The eating behaviours examined did not explain these differences. Future research should investigate why urban–rural differences exist for consumption frequencies of ‘healthy’ and ‘unhealthy’ foods.

Patterns of Unhealthy Eating Behaviours in a Middle Aged Scottish Population

1992 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 170-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Abel ◽  
D.V. McQueen ◽  
K Backen ◽  
C. Currie
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Population Data ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Eating Behaviours ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Unhealthy Eating ◽  
Scottish Population ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Highly Correlated ◽  
Nutrition Habits

This paper examines unhealthy eating in a middle aged Scottish population. Data from a 1989 survey of 5 00 Scottish men and women aged 45 to 59 years are used to explore inter-relations among five items of unhealthy eating, smoking and alcohol consumption. The results show that unhealthy eating behaviours are highly correlated, indicating strong links among certain nutrition habits. The findings also reveal that such patterns of unhealthy eating vary considerably between males and females. Finally, unhealthy eating behaviours were also found to be significantly associated with smoking and alcohol consumption. Implications of these findings for future research in epidemiology and health promotion are considered.

scholarly journals Trends in Americans’ food-related time use: 1975–2006

2009 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1064-1072 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cathleen D Zick ◽  
Robert B Stevens
Keyword(s):  
Energy Intake ◽  
Time Use ◽  
Food Preparation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Historical Period ◽  
Grocery Shopping ◽  
Obesity Risk ◽  
Eating Time ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The Past

AbstractObjectiveTo describe how the time spent in food-related activities by Americans has changed over the past 30 years.DesignData from four national time diary surveys, spanning 1975–2006, are used to construct estimates of trends in American adults’ time spent in food-related activities. Multivariate Tobits assess how food-related activities have changed over time controlling for sociodemographic and economic covariates.ResultsBoth bivariate and multivariate estimates reveal that between 1975 and 2006, American women’s time spent in food preparation declined substantially, whereas the time spent in these activities by American men changed very little. On the contrary, grocery shopping time increased modestly for both men and women. The primary eating time (i.e. time when eating/drinking was the respondent’s main focus) declined for both men and women over this historical period, and the composition of this time changed with less primary eating time being done alone. Concurrently, secondary eating time (i.e. time when something else had the respondent’s primary attention, but eating/drinking simultaneously occurred) rose precipitously for both women and men between 1975 and 1998.ConclusionsThe total time spent in eating (i.e. primary plus secondary eating time) has increased over the past 30 years, and the composition of this time has shifted from situations in which energy intake can be easily monitored to those in which energy intake may be more difficult to gauge. Less time is also being spent in food preparation and clean-up activities. Future research should explore possible links between these trends and Americans’ growing obesity risk.

scholarly journals Satiety-enhancing products for appetite control: science and regulation of functional foods for weight management

2012 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 350-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason C. G. Halford ◽  
Joanne A. Harrold
Keyword(s):  
Weight Management ◽  
Energy Intake ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Eating Behaviour ◽  
Health Benefit ◽  
Gain Control ◽  
Energy Restriction ◽  
Health Claims ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Appetite Control

The current review considers satiety-based approaches to weight management in the context of health claims. Health benefits, defined as beneficial physiological effects, are what the European Food Safety Authority bases their recommendations on for claim approval. The literature demonstrates that foods that target within-meal satiation and post-meal satiety provide a plausible approach to weight management. However, few ingredient types tested produce the sustainable and enduring effects on appetite accompanied by the necessary reductions in energy intake required to claim satiety/reduction in hunger as a health benefit. Proteins, fibre types, novel oils and carbohydrates resistant to digestion all have the potential to produce beneficial short-term changes in appetite (proof-of-concept). The challenge remains to demonstrate their enduring effects on appetite and energy intake, as well as the health and consumer benefits such effects provide in terms of optimising successful weight management. Currently, the benefits of satiety-enhancing ingredients to both consumers and their health are under researched. It is possible that such ingredients help consumers gain control over their eating behaviour and may also help reduce the negative psychological impact of dieting and the physiological consequences of energy restriction that ultimately undermine weight management. In conclusion, industry needs to demonstrate that a satiety-based approach to weight management, based on single-manipulated food items, is sufficient to help consumers resist the situational and personal factors that drive overconsumption. Nonetheless, we possess the methodological tools, which when employed in appropriate designs, are sufficient to support health claims.

Compassion Fatigue: A Nurse’s Primer

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Lombardo ◽  
Caryl Eyre
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Compassion Fatigue ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Spiritual Needs ◽  
Workplace Environment

Most nurses enter the field of nursing with the intent to help others and provide empathetic care for patients with critical physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual needs. Empathic and caring nurses, however, can become victims of the continuing stress of meeting the often overwhelming needs of patients and their families, resulting in compassion fatigue. Compassion fatigue affects not only the nurse in terms of job satisfaction and emotional and physical health, but also the workplace environment by decreasing productivity and increasing turnover. We begin this article with a case study of a reactive nurse who did not seek help for her continuing stress. This is followed by a review of Watson’s theoretical perspective related to compassion fatigue. Next we delineate symptoms of, and describe interventions for addressing compassion fatigue. We conclude by presenting a case study of a proactive nurse who avoided developing compassion fatigue and a discussion of future research needed to better prevent and ameliorate compassion fatigue.

Subjective Well-Being and Events

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nanyi Nicole Yu ◽  
Judith Mair ◽  
Andy Lee ◽  
Faith Ong
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Measurement Tools ◽  
Final Approach ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Psychology Literature ◽  
Western Perspective

The economic and social-cultural impacts of events are well documented in the existing events literature. The emergence of quality of life (QOL), well-being and happiness in the positive psychology literature has accelerated research on events and individuals’ subjective well-being (SWB). Taking a narrative synthesis approach, this study identifies a total of 46 peer reviewed journal articles on SWB and events and reviews how SWB has been discussed and investigated in the events context. The results of this study reveal three key approaches to SWB and events. The first approach takes SWB as synonymous with the benefits and impacts of events. The second approach examines SWB in terms of its relationship with the motivations and satisfaction of event participants and local residents. The final approach to SWB examines the relationship between SWB and the event (including festivalscape) experience. The review findings also identify areas of potential weakness in the existing literature. The existing event studies relating to SWB primarily focus on sporting events, with only a few festivals, are often undertaken from a Western perspective, and generally rely on quantitative approaches. More importantly, the extant event literature appears to use the SWB concept loosely without agreement on its structure or key components. Suggestions for future research lie in further conceptualisation of SWB in the events context with validated measurement tools and conceptual models, and closer examination of the causal relationship between event (experience) and levels of SWB.

scholarly journals Comparison of a web-based food record tool and a food-frequency questionnaire and objective validation using the doubly labelled water technique in a Swedish middle-aged population

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanna Nybacka ◽  
Heléne Bertéus Forslund ◽  
Elisabet Wirfält ◽  
Ingrid Larsson ◽  
Ulrika Ericson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Intake ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Dietary Assessment ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Food Record ◽  
Frequency Method ◽  
Doubly Labelled Water ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Food Frequency

AbstractTwo web-based dietary assessment tools have been developed for use in large-scale studies: the Riksmaten method (4-d food record) and MiniMeal-Q (food-frequency method). The aim of the present study was to examine the ability of these methods to capture energy intake against objectively measured total energy expenditure (TEE) with the doubly labelled water technique (TEEDLW), and to compare reported energy and macronutrient intake. This study was conducted within the pilot study of the Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study (SCAPIS), which included 1111 randomly selected men and women aged 50–64 years from the Gothenburg general population. Of these, 200 were enrolled in the SCAPIS diet substudy. TEEDLW was measured in a subsample (n 40). Compared with TEEDLW, both methods underestimated energy intake: −2·5 (sd  2·9) MJ with the Riksmaten method; −2·3 (sd 3·6) MJ with MiniMeal-Q. Mean reporting accuracy was 80 and 82 %, respectively. The correlation between reported energy intake and TEEDLW was r 0·4 for the Riksmaten method (P < 0·05) and r 0·28 (non-significant) for MiniMeal-Q. Women reported similar average intake of energy and macronutrients in both methods whereas men reported higher intakes with the Riksmaten method. Energy-adjusted correlations ranged from 0·14 (polyunsaturated fat) to 0·77 (alcohol). Bland–Altman plots showed acceptable agreement for energy and energy-adjusted protein and carbohydrate intake, whereas the agreement for fat intake was poorer. According to energy intake data, both methods displayed similar precision on energy intake reporting. However, MiniMeal-Q was less successful in ranking individuals than the Riksmaten method. The development of methods to achieve limited under-reporting is a major challenge for future research.

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