title: [Children's eating behaviour: comparison between normal and overweight children from a school in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate differences in children's eating behavior as a function of their nutritional status, sex and age.
  
  
  METHODS
  Male and female children aged six to ten years were included. They were recruited from a private school in the city of Pelotas, southern Brazil, in 2012. Children's Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ) subscales were used to assess eating behaviours: Food Responsiveness (FR), Enjoyment of Food (EF), Desire to Drink (DD), Emotional Overeating (EOE), Emotional Undereating (EUE), Satiety Responsiveness (SR), Fussiness (FF) and Slowness in Eating (SE). Age-adjusted body mass index (BMI) z-scores were calculated according to the WHO recommendations to assess nutritional status.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The study sample comprised 335 children aged 87.9 ± 10.4 months and 49.3% were normal weight (n = 163), 26% overweight (n = 86), 15% obese (n = 50) and 9.7% severely obese (n = 32). Children with excessive weight showed higher scores on the CEBQ subscales associated with "food approach" (FR, EF, DD, EOE, p < 0.001) and lower scores on two "food avoidance" subscales (SR and SE, p < 0.001 and p = 0.003, respectively) compared to normal weight children.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  "Food approach" subscales were positively associated to excessive weight in children. Significant age and gender differences in eating behaviours were not found.
authors: Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Pelotas, RS, Brasil. Electronic address: darlise.passos@gmail.com.
authors: Darlise Rodrigues
authors: DR
authors: dos Passos
authors: Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Pelotas, RS, Brasil.
authors: Denise Petrucci
authors: DP
authors: Gigante
authors: Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Pelotas, RS, Brasil.
authors: Francine Villela
authors: FV
authors: Maciel
authors: Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors: Alicia
authors: A
authors: Matijasevich
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology; D012574:Schools
keywords: Avaliação nutricional; Child; Comportamento alimentar; Criança; Feeding behavior; Nutritional assessment; Obesidade; Obesity