title: Construction of a short form of the healthy eating behaviour inventory for the Japanese population.
abstract: The present study constructed a short form of the Healthy Eating Behavior Inventory suitable for use in the Japanese culture (HEBI-J) and confirmed the scale's preliminary reliability and validity.
  
  
  
  In Study 1, Japanese adults (N=75) completed a free-response questionnaire about healthy eating behaviours. Thematic analysis was used to identify three factors-balance, pattern, and restriction-associated with healthy eating behaviours and 12 items related to these healthy eating behaviours. In Study 2, Japanese office workers (N=784) completed two questionnaires regarding 12 items of healthy eating behaviours and the dietary stages of change.
  
  
  
  Confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated that the three-factor model was appropriate (GFI=.94, AGFI=.90, CFI=.90, RMSEA=.08, SRMR=.53). Reliability was confirmed by alpha coefficients and the Spearman-Brown formula. Concurrent validity was confirmed by the relationship between the healthy eating stages.
  
  
  
  This study demonstrated the preliminary reliability and validity of the HEBI-J.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Human Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan. Electronic address: t.shimazaki@aoni.waseda.jp.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimazaki
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Kanto Gakuin University, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Misa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iio
authors.affiliation: Hsinchu Municipal Min Fu Elementary School, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ying-Hua
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Human Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: Kayo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Konuma
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Human Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Teshima
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Human Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takenaka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003469:Culture; D000072001:Diet, Healthy; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Eating behaviour; Japan; Questionnaire; Reliability; Validity