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Nutrición Hospitalaria

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Abstract

CALDERON-GARCIA, Andrea et al. Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and eating behaviour in Spanish schoolchildren. Nutr. Hosp. [online]. 2024, vol.41, n.1, pp.47-57.  Epub Mar 07, 2024. ISSN 1699-5198.  https://dx.doi.org/10.20960/nh.04696.

Introduction:

eating behaviors may modulate or influence diet quality and the degree of adherence to the Mediterranean diet in children and adolescents.

Aims:

to investigate the association between diet quality and eating behavior in a group of Spanish schoolchildren.

Methods:

descriptive cross-sectional study of 283 Spain schoolchildren aged six to 16. Each subject was assessed using the KIDMED questionnaire for adherence to the Mediterranean diet and the Children’s Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ) questionnaire to assess eating behavior.

Results:

of the sample, 12.80 % had low adherence to the Mediterranean diet, 59.80 % had poor adherence, 59.80 % could be improved, and 27.40 % had high adherence. When relating eating behavior to dietary quality, it was found that, generally, schoolchildren with greater enjoyment of food and less demand for food have double the adherence to the Mediterranean diet due to almost twice the consumption of vegetables, nuts, and fish, and a lower intake of low-quality processed foods (sweets). The response to satiety and the speed of ingestion also played an important role in food choices.

Conclusions:

eating behaviors may play an essential role in the quality of school children’s diets highlighting the enjoyment and acceptance or rejection of food. Given the bidirectional nature of the effects between eating behaviors and diet quality, the joint analysis may be the basis for future research with the aim of a better nutritional approach from the earliest ages.

Keywords : Feeding behavior; Mediterranean diet; Body mass index; Pediatric obesity; Satiety response.

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