Gender effect on eating habits of Nigerian school children

It is important to investigate children's eating habits based on different eating behaviors such as satiety responsiveness (SR), slowness in eating (SE), food fussiness (FF), food responsiveness (FR), enjoyment of food (EF), desire to drink (DD), emotional under-eating (EUE), and emotional over...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Medicine (Baltimore) 2021-04, Vol.100 (13), p.e24961-e24961
Hauptverfasser:	Obidoa, Jaachimma Chioma, Onyechi, Kay Chinonyelum Nwamaka, Chukwuone, Chiamaka Adaobi, Dimelu, Ifeoma Ngozi, Victor-Aigbodion, Vera, Eseadi, Chiedu, Chukwu, Chinyere Loveth, Ejiofor, Juliana Ngozi, Obande-Ogbuinya, Nkiru Edith, Uba, Mercy Benedette Ifeoma, Folorunsho, Raphael Oluwasina Babalola, Oraelosi, Charles Azubuike, Onuorah, Anthonia Ekanibe
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Child Child Behavior - psychology Cross-Sectional Studies Feeding and Eating Disorders - epidemiology Feeding and Eating Disorders - psychology Feeding Behavior - psychology Female Food Fussiness Humans Hyperphagia - psychology Male Nigeria - epidemiology Observational Study Sex Factors Students - psychology Students - statistics & numerical data Surveys and Questionnaires
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Zusammenfassung:	It is important to investigate children's eating habits based on different eating behaviors such as satiety responsiveness (SR), slowness in eating (SE), food fussiness (FF), food responsiveness (FR), enjoyment of food (EF), desire to drink (DD), emotional under-eating (EUE), and emotional over-eating (EOE). The main objective of this research was to investigate whether gender affects the eating habits of Nigerian school children.A cross-sectional survey was conducted between March and June 2019. A total of 120 parents of school children participated in the study. The Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire (CEBQ) was used to collect data. The CEBQ is composed of 35 items and eight subscales.Based on the analysis of parents' reports, DD was higher in boys than girls, t (118) = 7.086, P
ISSN:	0025-7974 1536-5964
DOI:	10.1097/MD.0000000000024961