Protocol - Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire (CEBQ)
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Description
The Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire (CEBQ) is a 35-item parent-report questionnaire assessing eating style in children. Eating style is assessed on eight scales: food responsiveness (4 items), enjoyment of food (4 items), emotional overeating (4 items), desire to drink (3 items), satiety responsiveness (5 items), slowness in eating (4 items), and emotional undereating (4 items), and fussiness (7 items). Informants rate the frequency of their child’s behaviors and experiences on a 5-point scale: 1 = never, 2 = rarely, 3 = sometimes, 4 = often, 5 = always.
Specific Instructions
The Eating Disorders Working Group notes that in the behavioral validation of this measure (Carnell and Wardle, 2007), CEBQ responses were scored from 1 to 5 and means for each subscale were calculated providing at least 80% of the items were completed. However, most articles have just summed the items.
Availability
Protocol
Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ)
Please read the following statements and tick the boxes most appropriate to your child’s eating behaviour.
| Never | Rarely | Sometimes | Often | Always | ||
| My child loves food | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | EF |
| My child eats more when worried | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | EOE |
| My child has a big appetite | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | SR* |
| My child finishes his/her meal quickly | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | SE* |
| My child is interested in food | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | EF |
| My child is always asking for a drink | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | DD |
| My child refuses new foods at first | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | FF |
| My child eats slowly | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | SE |
| My child eats less when angry | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | EUE |
| My child enjoys tasting new foods | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | FF* |
| My child eats less when s/he is tired | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | EUE |
| My child is always asking for food | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | FR |
| My child eats more when annoyed | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | EOE |
| If allowed to, my child would eat too much | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | FR |
| My child eats more when anxious | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | EOE |
| My child enjoys a wide variety of foods | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | FF* |
| My child leaves food on his/her plate at the end of a meal | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | SR |
| My child takes more than 30 minutes to finish a meal | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | SE |
| Never | Rarely | Sometimes | Often | Always | ||
| Given the choice, my child would eat most of the time | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | FR |
| My child looks forward to mealtimes | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | EF |
| My child gets full before his/her meal is finished | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | SR |
| My child enjoys eating | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | EF |
| My child eats more when she is happy | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | EUE |
| My child is difficult to please with meals | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | FF |
| My child eats less when upset | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | EUE |
| My child gets full up easily | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | SR |
| My child eats more when s/he has nothing else to do | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | EOE |
| Even if my child is full up s/he finds room to eat his/her favourite food | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | FR |
| If given the chance, my child would drink continuously throughout the day | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | DD |
| My child cannot eat a meal if s/he has had a snack just before | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | SR |
| If given the chance, my child would always be having a drink | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | DD |
| My child is interested in tasting food s/he hasn’t tasted before | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | FF* |
| My child decides that s/he doesn’t like a food, even without tasting it | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | FF |
| If given the chance, my child would always have food in his/her mouth | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | FR |
| My child eats more and more slowly during the course of a meal | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | SE |
SCORING OF THE CEBQ
(Never = 1, Rarely = 2, Sometimes = 3, Often = 4, Always = 5)
• Food responsiveness = mean of items labelled FR
• Emotional overeating = mean of items labelled EOE
• Enjoyment of food = mean of items labelled EF
• Desire to drink = mean of items labelled DD
• Satiety responsiveness = mean of items labelled SR
• Slowness in eating = mean of items labelled SE
• Emotional undereating = mean of items labelled EUE
• Food fussiness = mean of items labelled FF
*Reversed items
Personnel and Training Required
None
Equipment Needs
None
Requirements
| Requirement Category | Required |
|---|---|
| Major equipment | No |
| Specialized training | No |
| Specialized requirements for biospecimen collection | No |
| Average time of greater than 15 minutes in an unaffected individual | No |
Mode of Administration
Proxy-administered questionnaire
Lifestage
Child, Adolescent
Participants
Children, ages 4-12
Selection Rationale
The Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire (CEBQ) is a brief, widely used, reliable, and validated self-report questionnaire for assessing obesity risk that is easy to administer and interpret.
Language
English
Standards
| Standard | Name | ID | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Human Phenotype Ontology | Abnormal eating behavior | HP:0100738 | HPO |
| Human Phenotype Ontology | Anorexia | HP:0002039 | HPO |
| Human Phenotype Ontology | Bulimia | HP:0100739 | HPO |
| caDSR Form | PhenX PX650301 - Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire Cebq | 6235588 | caDSR Form |
Derived Variables
None
Process and Review
Not applicable.
Protocol Name from Source
The Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire (CEBQ)
Source
Wardle, J., Guthrie C. A., Sanderson, S., & Rapoport, L. (2001). Development of the Children’s Eating Behaviour Questionnaire. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 42, 963-970.
General References
Carnell, S., & Wardle, J. (2007). Measuring behavioural susceptibility to obesity: Validation of the child eating behaviour questionnaire. Appetite, 48(1), 104-113.
Protocol ID
650301
Variables
Export Variables| Variable Name | Variable ID | Variable Description | dbGaP Mapping | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_Allowed_Eat_MostOfTime | ||||
| PX650301190000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_Allowed_Eat_TooMuch | ||||
| PX650301140000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_AlwaysAsking_For_Drink | ||||
| PX650301060000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_AlwaysAsking_For_Food | ||||
| PX650301120000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_AlwaysHave_Food_InMouth | ||||
| PX650301340000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_Always_HaveFood_InMouth | ||||
| PX650301350000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_Always_Having_Drink | ||||
| PX650301310000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_Big_Appetite | ||||
| PX650301030000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_CannotEat_Meal_AfterSnack | ||||
| PX650301300000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_Difficult_ToPlease_Meals | ||||
| PX650301240000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_DoesntLike_Food_WithoutTasting | ||||
| PX650301330000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_Drink_Continuously | ||||
| PX650301290000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_Eats_Less_WhenAngry | ||||
| PX650301090000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_Eats_Less_WhenTired | ||||
| PX650301110000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_Eats_Less_WhenUpset | ||||
| PX650301250000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_Eats_More_FavoriteFood | ||||
| PX650301280000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_Eats_More_WhenAnnoyed | ||||
| PX650301130000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_Eats_More_WhenAnxious | ||||
| PX650301150000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_Eats_More_WhenBored | ||||
| PX650301270000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_Eats_More_WhenHappy | ||||
| PX650301230000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_Eats_More_WhenWorried | ||||
| PX650301020000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_Eats_Slowly | ||||
| PX650301080000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_Enjoys_Eating | ||||
| PX650301220000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_Enjoys_Tasting_NewFood | ||||
| PX650301100000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_Enjoys_Wide_Variety | ||||
| PX650301160000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_Finishes_Meal_Quickly | ||||
| PX650301040000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_GetsFull_Before_MealFinished | ||||
| PX650301210000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_GetsFull_Up_Easily | ||||
| PX650301260000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_Interested_In_Food | ||||
| PX650301050000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_Interested_Tasting_NewFood | ||||
| PX650301320000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_Leaves_Food_OnPlate | ||||
| PX650301170000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_LooksForward_ToMeal | ||||
| PX650301200000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_Loves_Food | ||||
| PX650301010000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_MoreThan_30minute_Mealtime | ||||
| PX650301180000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
| PX650301_EatingScale_Child_Refuses_New_Food | ||||
| PX650301070000 | Please read the following statements and more | N/A | ||
Measure Name
Childhood Eating Behavior
Release Date
August 7, 2015
Definition
A questionnaire designed to assess eating styles related to obesity and eating disorders.
Purpose
To provide a useful measure of eating style for research into the early precursors of obesity or eating disorders.
Keywords
Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire, CEBQ, food responsiveness, emotional overeating, enjoyment of food, desire to drink, satiety responsiveness, slowness in eating, emotional undereating, food fussiness
Measure Protocols
| Protocol ID | Protocol Name |
|---|---|
| 650301 | Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire (CEBQ) |
Publications
Conway, K. P., et al. (2018) Co-occurrence of tobacco product use, substance use, and mental health problems among youth: Findings from wave 1 (2013-2014) of the population assessment of tobacco and health (PATH) study. Addict Behav. 2018 January; 76: 208-217. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.08.009