title: Eating behaviours are different in youth with obesity and severe obesity.
abstract: The study purposes were to: (i) Investigate eating behaviours among patients in a paediatric weight management clinical practice and (ii) Compare eating behaviour phenotypes between children with severe obesity and obesity. This was a retrospective cross-sectional study using data collected during clinical encounters. Participants were included if they were 2-12 years old, had a body mass index ≥95th percentile and if a parent or guardian completed the Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ). Participants (n = 149) were children with severe obesity (n = 108) and obesity (n = 41). The mean Satiety Responsiveness score was significantly lower for children with severe obesity than for children with obesity. Girls with severe obesity had significantly higher Enjoyment of Food and significantly lower Satiety Responsiveness and Slowness in Eating than girls with obesity. The findings demonstrate the potential clinical utility of the CEBQ for informing tailored treatment strategies through identifying eating behaviour phenotypes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.affiliation: Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Rudser
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
authors.forename: A M H
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Foy
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital, Minneapolis, MN, USA.|Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Kelly
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000523:psychology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire; paediatric obesity; severe obesity