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Restrained and external-emotional eating patterns in young overweight children-results of the ulm birth cohort study

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2014
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Hirsch, O. and Kluckner, V. and Brandt, S. and Moss, A. and Weck, M. and Florath, I. and Wabitsch, M. et al. 2014. Restrained and external-emotional eating patterns in young overweight children-results of the ulm birth cohort study. PLoS ONE. 9 (8).
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Childhood obesity is one of the greatest public health challenges in Western countries. Abnormal eating behavior is thought to be a developmental trajectory to obesity. The Eating Pattern Inventory for Children (EPI-C) has not been used for children as young as eight years, and possible associations with body weight have not yet been established. Five hundred and twenty-one children of the Ulm Birth Cohort Study (UBCS; age eight) filled out the EPI-C and BMI was assessed. Adequacy of the scales was tested with confirmatory factor analysis and a MANOVA and cluster analysis established associations between eating patterns and BMI. The factor structure of the EPI-C was confirmed (GFI = .968) and abnormal eating behavior was associated with overweight (? <sup>2</sup>(8) = 79.29, p<.001). The EPI-C is a valid assessment tool in this young age group. Overweight children consciously restrain their eating. © 2014 Hirsch et al.