Research Article

Children’s Eating Behavior Questionnaire Correlated with Body Compositions of Thai Children and Adolescents with Obesity: A Pilot Study

Table 2

Correlations between CEBQ subscales and variables (n = 97).

SubscalesBAZ (95% CI)WC (95% CI)FMI (95% CI)FFMI (95% CI)TFMI (95% CI)

Food approach
Food responsiveness (FR)−0.010.040.03−0.070.06
(−0.18, 0.19)(−0.19, 0.28)(−0.18, 0.23)(−0.25, 0.14)(−0.15, 0.27)
Enjoyment of food (EF)0.050.01−0.02−0.150.03
(−0.12, 0.22)(−0.20, 0.23)(−0.24, 0.20)(−0.32, 0.04)(−0.19, 0.24)
Emotional overeating (EOE)−0.010.170.050.240.06
(−0.19, 0.22)(−0.04, 0.37)(−0.13, 0.27)(0.01, 0.42)(−0.12, 0.27)
Desire to drink (DD)−0.03−0.02−0.140.04−0.12
(−0.24, 0.15)(−0.20, 0.17)(−0.33, 0.05)(−0.13, 0.22)(−0.31, 0.07)

Food avoidant
Satiety responsiveness (SR)0.09−0.180.01−0.13−0.01
(−0.13, 0.28)(−0.35, 0.02)(−0.20, 0.20)(−0.29, 0.04)(−0.20, 0.19)
Slowness in eating (SE)0.10−0.010.120.130.08
(−0.09, 0.27)(−0.23, 0.20)(−0.12, 0.33)(−0.12, 0.35)(−0.17, 0.30)
Emotional undereating (EUE)0.020.01−0.01−0.05−0.02
(−0.17, 0.23)(−0.19, 0.20)(−0.19, 0.19)(−0.22, 0.13)(−0.21, 0.17)
Food fussiness (FF)0.10−0.120.01−0.18−0.01
(−0.08, 0.25)(−0.31, 0.08)(−0.20, 0.20)(−0.36, 0.02)(−0.21, 0.19)

value <0.05; BAZ, BMI-for-age z-score; WC, waist circumference; FMI, fat mass index; FFMI, fat-free mass index; TFM, trunk fat mass; TFMI, trunk fat mass index.