Faculty of Medicine, "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iași, Romania.
Nutrients. 2021 Oct 29;13(11):3890. doi: 10.3390/nu13113890.
(1) Background: Obesity, part of the triple global burden of disease, is increasingly attracting research on its preventive and curative management. Knowledge of eating behavior can be useful both at the individual level (to individualize treatment for obesity) and the population level (to implement more suitable food policies). The Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ) is a widely used international tool to assess eating behavior, i.e., emotional, external and restricted eating styles. The aim of this study was to validate the Romanian version of DEBQ, as obesity is a major concern in Romania. (2) Methods: Our study tested the psychometric properties of the Romanian version of DEBQ on an adult population and explored the associations of eating behavior with weight status (3) Results: The study showed a factor load similar to the original version of the questionnaire and a very good internal validity (Cronbach's alpha fidelity coefficient greater than 0.8 for all scales of the questionnaire) for the Romanian version of DEBQ and showed that all of the scales positively correlated with body mass index in both men and women. (4) Conclusions: This study will enable the use of the DEBQ Romanian version on the adult population of Romania where the findings could be incorporated into developing better strategies to reduce the burden of nutrition-related diseases.
(1) 背景：肥胖是全球三重疾病负担的一部分，越来越受到人们的关注，其预防和治疗管理也成为研究热点。了解饮食行为不仅在个体层面（针对肥胖进行个体化治疗）有用，在人群层面（实施更合适的食品政策）也有用。荷兰饮食行为问卷（DEBQ）是一种广泛用于评估饮食行为的国际工具，包括情绪性进食、外部性进食和限制性进食。本研究旨在验证罗马尼亚版 DEBQ，因为肥胖是罗马尼亚的一个主要关注点。(2) 方法：我们的研究在成年人群中测试了罗马尼亚版 DEBQ 的心理测量特性，并探讨了饮食行为与体重状况的相关性。(3) 结果：研究结果显示，罗马尼亚版 DEBQ 的因子负荷与问卷的原始版本相似，具有很好的内部有效性（问卷所有分量表的克朗巴赫α信度系数均大于 0.8），并且表明所有分量表在男性和女性中均与体重指数呈正相关。(4) 结论：本研究将使罗马尼亚版 DEBQ 能够在罗马尼亚的成年人群中使用，研究结果可用于制定更好的策略，以减轻与营养相关疾病的负担。
