Steinsbekk, S, Hamre Sveen, T, Fildes, A orcid.org/0000-0002-5452-2512 et al. (2 more authors) (2017) Screening for pickiness - a validation study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 14. 2. ISSN 1479-5868
Abstract
Picky eating is prevalent in childhood and is associated with negative health outcomes. Therefore early detection of pickiness is pertinent. Because no psychometric measure of picky/fussy eating has been validated, we aimed to examine the screening efficiency of the 6-item ‘Food Fussiness’ (FF) scale from the Children’s Eating Behavior Questionnaire using structured psychiatric interviews (the Preschool Age Psychiatric Interview), providing meaningful cut-off values based on a large, representative sample of Norwegian 6 year olds (n = 752). Screening efficiency was evaluated using receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, revealing excellent discrimination. The cut-point maximizing the sum of sensitivity and specificity for the scale was found at a score of 3.33 for severe cases and 3.00 when both moderate and severe pickiness were included. The results suggest that the FF scale may provide a tool for identification of clinically significant picky eating, although further assessment may be needed to separate moderate from severe cases.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017, The Author(s). Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
Keywords: | picky eating; fussiness; validation; questionnaire; screening |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Psychology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 05 Jan 2017 12:36 |
Last Modified: | 23 Jun 2023 22:20 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-016-0458-7 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | BioMed Central |
Identification Number: | 10.1186/s12966-016-0458-7 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:110067 |