Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire
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The Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (abbreviated as TFEQ) is a questionnaire often applied in food intake-behavior related research. It goes back to its publication in 1985 by Albert J. Stunkard and Samuel Messick.[1]
The TFEQ contains 51 items (questions) and measures three dimensions of human eating behavior:
- 'cognitive restraint of eating' (Factor I – 21 items)
- 'disinhibition' (Factor II – 16 items)
- 'hunger' (Factor III – 14 items)
Each item scores either 0 or 1 point. The minimum score for factors I-II-III is therefore 0-0-0, the possible maximum score 21-16-14. There exist revised versions of this scale with reduced numbers of items: the TFEQ-R18 with 18 items[2][3] and the TFEQ-R21 with 21 items.[4]
See also
[edit]- Binge Eating Scale
- Body Attitudes Test
- Body Attitudes Questionnaire
- Diagnostic classification and rating scales used in psychiatry
- Eating Disorder Inventory
- Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale
- Eating Disorder Examination Interview
- Eating Attitudes Test
- SCOFF questionnaire
References
[edit]- ^ Stunkard AJ, Messick S. The three-factor eating questionnaire to measure dietary restraint, disinhibition and hunger. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 1985;29(1):71-83. ScienceDirect
- ^ de Lauzon B, Romon M, Deschamps V, Lafay L, Borys JM, Karlsson J, Ducimetière P, Charles MA; Fleurbaix Laventie Ville Sante Study Group. The Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire-R18 is able to distinguish among different eating patterns in a general population. J Nutr. 2004;134(9):2372-80.
- ^ Anglé S, Engblom J, Eriksson T, Kautiainen S, Saha MT, Lindfors P, Lehtinen M, Rimpelä A. Three factor eating questionnaire-R18 as a measure of cognitive restraint, uncontrolled eating and emotional eating in a sample of young Finnish females. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2009;6:41.
- ^ Cappelleri JC, Bushmakin AG, Gerber RA, Leidy NK, Sexton CC, Lowe MR, Karlsson J. Psychometric analysis of the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire-R21: results from a large diverse sample of obese and non-obese participants. Int J Obes (Lond). 2009;33(6):611-20.