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Appendix I Questionnaire
Children’s Eating Behaviour Inventory
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(parent reported; mothers) CEBI
Child’s Name Age / ______ Sex M F
Years Months
HOW OFTEN DOES THIS HAPPEN?
NEVER SELDOM SOMETIME OFTEN ALWAYS
1 2 3 4 5
Is this a problem for you?
1. My child chews food as expected for his/her age
2. My child helps to set the table
3. My child watches at meals
4. My child if he/she doesn’t eat
5. My child takes more than half an hour to eat his/her meals
6. Relatives complain about my child’s eating
7. My child enjoys eating
8. My child asks for food which he/she shouldn’t have
9. My child feeds him/her self as expected for his/her age
10. My child gags at mealtimes
11. I feel confident my child eats enough
12. I find our meals stressful
13. My child vomits at mealtime
14. My child takes food between meals without asking
15. My child comes to the table 1 or 2 minutes after I call
16. My child chokes at mealtimes
17. My child eats quickly
18. My child makes foods for him/her self when not allowed
19. I get upset when my child doesn’t eat
20. At home my child eats food he/shouldn’t have
21. My child eats foods that taste different
22. I let my child have snacks between meals if he/she doesn’t eat at meals
23. My child uses cutlery as expected for his/her age
24. At friends’ homes my child eats food he/she shouldn’t eat
25. My child asks for food between meals
26. 1 get upset when I think about our meals
27. My child eats chunky foods
28. My child lets food sit in is/her mouth
29. At dinner 1 let my child choose the foods he/she wants from what is served
30. My child’s behavior at meals upsets my spouse
IF YOU ARE A SINGLE PARENT SKIP TO NUMBER 34.
31. I agree with my spouse about how much our child should eat
32. My child interrupts conversations with my spouse at meals
33. I get upset with my spouse at meals
34. My child eats when upset
35. My child says he/she is hungry
36. My child says she/he’ll get fat if she/he eats too much
37. My child helps to clear the table
38. My child hides food
39. My child brings toys or books to the table
IF YOU HAVE ONLY ONE CHILD SKIP NUMBER 40.
40.My child’s behavior at 1 2 3 4 5 YES NO
meals upsets our other
children
PLEASE CHECK TO SEE THAT YOU HAVE ANSWERED ALL THE ITEMS. HAVE YOU CIRCLED A YES OR NO FOR EACH ITEM? THANK YOU.
Source :A rcher, L. A., P. L. Rosenbaum, et al. (1999). "The children's eating behavior inventory: reliability and validity results." Journal of Pediatric Psychology 16(5): 629-42
Author Archer LA, Rosenbaum PL and Streiner DL (1)
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Participants Clinic (n=110) and Non clinic group (n=206)
Clinic group: Children aged 2 to 12.11 years referred for assessment and treatment of eating problems. Also those at risk of eating and mealtime problems due to developmental or medical disorders.
Non clinic group; recruited from family physician offices
Setting Hamilton Wentworth, Canada
Details of tool Overall aim is to assess eating and mealtime problems.
40 items in total; 28 regarding assessment of food preferences, motor skills and behavioural compliance.
12 items assess parental child behaviour controls, cognitions and feelings about feeding their child and relations between family members.
Scored using a 5-pont Likert response scale based on frequency of occurrence of problem (i.e higher score equates to eating and mealtime problems)
Validation Test-retest reliability; questionnaire completed again by both groups 4 to 6 weeks after first completed Internal consistency; Cronbach alphas computed
Construct validity; via comparison of clinic to non-clinic group.
Concluded that questionnaire has construct validity as clinic group has higher scores than non-clinic group
