Validation of the intuitive Eating Scale for pregnant women.
Validation of the intuitive Eating Scale for pregnant women.
Appetite. 2017 Feb 03;:
Authors: Daundasekara SS, Beasley AD, O'Connor DP, Sampson M, Hernandez D, Ledoux T
Abstract
Pre-pregnancy maladaptive eating behaviors have predicted inadequate or excess gestational weight gain and poor dietary intake during pregnancy, but little is known about effects of pre-pregnancy adaptive eating behaviors on pregnancy outcomes. The purpose of this study was to produce a valid and reliable measure of adaptive pre-pregnancy eating behaviors for pregnant women using the Intuitive Eating Scale. Data were collected from 266 pregnant women, aged 18 and older who were attending a private prenatal clinic at Texas Children's Hospital Pavilion for Women in Houston, TX using self-administered questionnaires. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed to validate the factor structure of the Intuitive Easting Scale (IES). Concurrent validity was determined using correlations between the three subscale scores [unconditional permission to eat (UPE), eating for physical not emotional reasons (EPR), and relying on hunger/satiety cues (RIH)], perinatal depression status (Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale), and pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) calculated from self-reported height and weight. After discarding 6 items, the second order model did not fit the data, however, the first order model with three latent factors had reasonable fit (RMSEA = 0.097, C...
Source: Appetite - Category: Nutrition Authors: Daundasekara SS, Beasley AD, O'Connor DP, Sampson M, Hernandez D, Ledoux T Tags: Appetite Source Type: research
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