Current status of eating behaviors and its predictive role in overweight and obese of adolescents
10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025030
- VernacularTitle:青少年饮食行为现状及其对超重肥胖的预测作用
- Author:
YAO Yisong, TANG Shiwei, SONG Jiani, FENG Jingjing, HE Jingbo, ZHANG Ziyi, SUN Mingjun, CHENG Yunxia, YONG Na
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Author Information
1. Mental Health Center, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College，Nanchong （637000） , Sichuan Province, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Food habits；Overweight；Obesity；Regression analysis；Adolescent
- From:
Chinese Journal of School Health
2025;46(1):53-57
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the current status and influencing factors of eating behaviors in adolescents, so as to provide a theoretical foundation for health promotion education among adolescents.
Methods:Based on the database from Survey of Chinese Family Health Index (2021), by a random number table method, 1 065 teenagers were selected from the provincial capitals of 22 provinces and 5 autonomous regions in China, as well as 4 municipalities directly under the central government. A general characteristic questionnaire, Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), Short Form of the Family Health Scale (FHS-SF), 10-item Short Version of the Big Five Personality(BFP-10), Content-based Media Exposure Scale (CM-E) and Sakata Eating Behavior Scale Short Form(EBS-SF) were used to collect information. Multivariate stepwise linear regression analysis was employed to identify and analyze related factors of eating behaviors among adolescents. Receiver operating characteristic was used to validate the predictive ability of the EBS-SF score for overweight and obesity among adolescents.
Results:The average scores of BFI-10,C-ME, FHS-SF, PHQ-9 and EBS-SF were (33.08±4.64)(19.20±4.55)(38.48±6.65)(6.09±5.63)(16.75±4.36), respectively. Multivariate linear regression showed that family type (other types), agreeableness, conscientiousness, family health and depression were the main related factors of EBS-SF scores among adolescents( B =2.61,-0.42,0.20,-0.11,0.23, P <0.05).The analysis of receiver operating characteristic curve showed that the EBS-SF scores had a good ability in predicting obesity among male adolescents ( AUC= 0.73, P <0.01).
Conclusions:Family type, big five personality, family health,depression are the related factors of eating behaviors among adolescents. EBS-SF scores are predictive of obesity in adolescents, which would provide a new perspective for promoting healthy eating habits among adolescents.
