Institute of Human Nutrition Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW-WULS), 159C Nowoursynowska Street, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland.
Nutrients. 2020 May 2;12(5):1304. doi: 10.3390/nu12051304.
Rapidly increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity indicates a need to search for their main causes. Addictive-like eating and associated eating patterns might result in overconsumption, leading to weight gain. The aim of the study was to identify main determinants of food intake variety (FIV) within eating addiction (EA), other lifestyle components, and sociodemographic characteristics. The data for the study were collected from a sample of 898 Polish adults through a cross-sectional survey in 2019. The questionnaire used in a study included Food Intake Variety Questionnaire (FIVeQ), Eating Preoccupation Scale (EPS) and questions regarding lifestyle and socio-demographic factors. High eating addiction was found in more than half of people with obesity (54.2%). In the study sample physical activity at leisure time explained FIV in the greatest manner, then subsequently EPS factor: Eating to provide pleasure and mood improvement. In the group of people with obesity, the score of this EPS factor was the best predictor of FIV, in a way that its higher score was conducive to a greater variety of food intake. Socio-demographic characteristics differentiated FIV only within group with normal body weight (age) and with overweight (education). As conclusion, food intake variety (FIV) was associated with physical activity at leisure time, and then with EPS factor "Eating to provide pleasure and mood improvement", whereas socio-demographic characteristics were predictors of FIV only within groups identified by Body Mass Index (BMI). Nevertheless, our observations regarding Eating to provide pleasure and mood improvement factor and its associations with food intake variety indicate a need for further research in this area. Future studies should also use other tools to explicitly explain this correlation.
超重和肥胖的患病率迅速上升，表明有必要寻找其主要原因。类似成瘾的进食和相关的进食模式可能导致过度进食，从而导致体重增加。本研究的目的是确定进食成瘾（EA）、其他生活方式因素和社会人口学特征中食物摄入多样性（FIV）的主要决定因素。该研究的数据来自 2019 年通过横断面调查从 898 名波兰成年人中收集的样本。研究中使用的问卷包括食物摄入多样性问卷（FIVeQ）、进食关注量表（EPS）以及关于生活方式和社会人口学因素的问题。研究发现，超过一半的肥胖人群（54.2%）存在高进食成瘾。在研究样本中，闲暇时间的身体活动最能解释 FIV，其次是 EPS 因子：为了提供愉悦和改善情绪而进食。在肥胖人群中，该 EPS 因子的得分是 FIV 的最佳预测因子，其得分越高，越有利于摄入更多种类的食物。社会人口学特征仅在正常体重（年龄）和超重（教育）组中区分 FIV。总之，食物摄入多样性（FIV）与闲暇时间的身体活动有关，然后与 EPS 因子“为了提供愉悦和改善情绪而进食”有关，而社会人口学特征仅在通过体重指数（BMI）确定的组中是 FIV 的预测因子。然而，我们对“为了提供愉悦和改善情绪而进食”因子及其与食物摄入多样性的关联的观察表明，需要在这一领域进行进一步的研究。未来的研究还应使用其他工具来明确解释这种相关性。
