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. 2022 Oct 28;24(1):e13515. doi: 10.1111/obr.13515

TABLE 2.

Eating behavior traits: Summary of included studies

Eating behavior trait Questionnaire used to assess eating behavior trait Cross‐sectional study reference Associations with
EI BMI
Intuitive eating (IE) IES Anderson, Schaumberg, Anderson and Reilly 57 NS and ↑
IES Anderson, Reilly, Schaumberg, Dmochowski and Anderson 58 NS NS
IES‐2 Ruzanska and Warschburger 59 NS and ↑
Total

3 NS

2 ↑

1 NS

2 ↓

Mindful eating MEQ Anderson, Reilly, Schaumberg, Dmochowski and Anderson 58 NS

NS

Total 1 NS 1 NS
Satiety Responsiveness SQ Dalton, Hollingworth, Blundell and Finlayson 60 NS

SQ desire to eat

SQ for PFC

SQ for fullness

SQ for hunger

Drapeau, Blundell, Therrien, Lawton, Richard and Tremblay 61

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

SQ Drapeau, Jacob, Panahi and Tremblay 62 NS NS
AEBQ Zuraikat, Roe, Smethers, Reihart and Rolls 63 NS*
Total

4 NS

3 ↓

7 NS
Dietary restraint TFEQ Anderson, Reilly, Schaumberg, Dmochowski and Anderson 58 NS
TFEQ Ard, Desmond, Allison and Conway 64
TFEQ Bellisle, Dalix, Airinei, Hercberg and Péneau 65 NS NS
TFEQ Bryant, Caudwell, Blundell, Hopkins and King 66 NS
TFEQ Chambers and Yeomans 67 NS NS
RS Coelho, Polivy, Herman and Pliner 68
RRS Cools, Schotte and McNally 69
RS de Witt Huberts, Evers and de Ridder 70 study 1 NS
RS de Witt Huberts, Evers and de Ridder 70 study 2 NS
RS de Witt Huberts, Evers and de Ridder 70 study 3 NS NS
DEBQ Dweck, Jenkins and Nolan 71
RRS Fedoroff, Polivy and Herman 72
TFEQ Finlayson, Blundell, Bordes, Griffioen‐Roose and de Graaf 73 NS NS
DEBQ Finlayson et al. 73 NS and ↑
RS Guerrieri, Nederkoorn, Schrooten, Martijn and Jansen 74
TFEQ Haynes, Lee and Yeomans 75 NS
DEBQ Herhaus and Petrowski 76 NS NS
RS Herman and Mack 44 ↑ and ↓ NS
RS Herman, Polivy and Silver 45
DEBQ Higgs, Williamson and Attwood 77 NS NS
TFEQ Hofmann and Friese 78
DEBQ Hopkins et al. 113 NS
DEBQ Jansen 79 study 1 NS
Jansen 79 study 2
RS Jansen, Merckelbach, Oosterlaan, Tuiten and Van Den Hout 80 NS
RS Lattimore and Maxwell 81 NS
TFEQ Martin, Williamson, Geiselman, Walden, Smeets, Morales and Redmann Jr 82 NS NS
TFEQ McNeil, Lamothe, Cameron, Riou, Cadieux, Lafreniere, Goldfield, Willbond, Prud'homme and Doucet 83 NS
RRS Myhre, Buchwald, Kratz, Goldberg, Polivy, Melhorn, Schur and Cummings 84 NS NS
DEBQ Oliver, Wardle and Gibson 85 NS
DEBQ Ouwens, van Strien and van der Staak 86 NS
TFEQ Ouwens, van Strien and van der Staak 86 NS
RS Ouwens, van Strien and van der Staak 86 NS
TFEQ Peluso 87 NS NS
TFEQ Rideout, McLean and Barr 88 NS
DEBQ Robinson and Haynes 115 NS NS
TFEQ Rolls, Castellanos, Shide, Miller, Pelkman, Thorwart and Peters 89 NS NS
TFEQ Ruddock, Field and Hardman 90 NS
TFEQ Schoch and Raynor 91
RRS Schotte, Cools and McNally 92 NS
RS Shapiro and Anderson 93 NS
DEBQ Sim, Lee and Cheon 94 NS
TFEQ Smith, Geiselman, Williamson, Champagne, Bray and Ryan 95 NS
RS and TFEQ Stice, Fisher and Lowe 96 study 1 NS NS
TFEQ and EDEQ‐R Stice, Fisher and Lowe 96 study 2 NS
TFEQ Stice, Sysko, Roberto and Allison 97 NS
TFEQ Stinson, Votruba, Venti, Krakoff, Gluck and Perez 98 NS
DEBQ van Strien and Ouwens 99 NS
TFEQ Visona and George 100 NS NS
DEBQ Wallis and Hetherington 101 NS NS
DEBQ Wallis and Hetherington 102
DEBQ Wardle and Beales 103 NS
TFEQ Westenhoefer, Broeckmann, Münch and Pudel 104 NS
RRS Westenhoefer, Broeckmann, Münch and Pudel 104
TFEQ Yeomans and Coughlan 105 NS NS
TFEQ Yeomans, Tovey, Tinley and Haynes 106 NS
TFEQ Zambrowicz, Schebendach, Sysko, Mayer, Walsh and Steinglass 107
EDE‐2 Zambrowicz, Schebendach, Sysko, Mayer, Walsh and Steinglass 107 NS
Total

36 NS

9 ↑

13 ↓

24 NS

14 ↑

Control of eating

COEQ

Craving control

Positive mood

Lack of Craving for sweet a

Dalton, Finlayson, Blundell and Hill 47

Total 3 ↓ 3 ↓
Hedonic hunger/food reward sensitivity PFS Appelhans, Liebman, Woolf, Pagoto, Schneider and Whited 108 NS NS
PFS Ely, Howard and Lowe 109 NS and ↑
PFS Finlayson et al. 73 NS NS
PFS Nolan‐Poupart, Veldhuizen, Geha and Small 110 NS
Total

4 NS

1 ↑

2 NS

1 ↑

Food craving FCI Martin, O'Neil, Tollefson, Greenway and White 111
Total 1 ↑
Dietary disinhibition TFEQ Ard, Desmond, Allison and Conway 64 NS
TFEQ Bryant, Caudwell, Blundell, Hopkins and King 66 NS
TFEQ Chambers and Yeomans 67 NS and ↑
TFEQ Epstein, Lin, Carr and Fletcher 112
TFEQ Finlayson, Blundell, Bordes, Griffioen‐Roose and de Graaf 73 NS and ↑
TFEQ Haynes, Lee and Yeomans 75 NS
TFEQ Higgs, Williamson and Attwood 77 NS NS
TFEQ Martin, Williamson, Geiselman, Walden, Smeets, Morales and Redmann Jr 82 NS
TFEQ McNeil, Lamothe, Cameron, Riou, Cadieux, Lafreniere, Goldfield, Willbond, Prud'homme and Doucet 83 NS
DEBQ Ouwens, van Strien and van der Staak 86
TFEQ Ouwens, van Strien and van der Staak 86
TFEQ Ruddock, Field and Hardman 90 NS
TFEQ Smith, Geiselman, Williamson, Champagne, Bray and Ryan 95
TFEQ Stinson, Votruba, Venti, Krakoff, Gluck and Perez 98 NS
TFEQ Westenhoefer, Broeckmann, Münch and Pudel 104
TFEQ Yeomans and Coughlan 105 NS
TFEQ Yeomans, Tovey, Tinley and Haynes 106
TFEQ Zambrowicz, Schebendach, Sysko, Mayer, Walsh and Steinglass 107 NS
Total

9 NS

10 ↑

4 NS

7 ↑

Susceptibility to Hunger TFEQ Bryant, Caudwell, Blundell, Hopkins and King 66
TFEQ Finlayson, Blundell, Bordes, Griffioen‐Roose and de Graaf 73 NS NS
TFEQ McNeil, Lamothe, Cameron, Riou, Cadieux, Lafreniere, Goldfield, Willbond, Prud'homme and Doucet 83
TFEQ Stinson, Votruba, Venti, Krakoff, Gluck and Perez 98 NS
TFEQ Westenhoefer, Broeckmann, Münch and Pudel 104
TFEQ Zambrowicz, Schebendach, Sysko, Mayer, Walsh and Steinglass 107 NS
Total

3 NS

3 ↑

1 NS

2 ↑

External eating DEBQ Dweck, Jenkins and Nolan 71 NS
DEBQ Finlayson et al. 73 NS
DEBQ Hopkins, Michalowska, Whybrow, Horgan and Stubbs 113 NS NS
DEBQ Kakoschke, Kemps and Tiggemann 114
DEBQ Robinson and Haynes 115 NS NS
DEBQ van Strien, Donker and Ouwens 116
DEBQ van Strien and Ouwens 99 NS
Total

3 NS

3 ↑

4 NS
Emotional eating DEBQ Dweck, Jenkins and Nolan 71 NS NS
DEBQ Evers, de Ridder and Adriaanse 117 study 3 NS NS
DEBQ Evers, de Ridder and Adriaanse 117 study 4 NS NS
DEBQ Evers, de Ridder and Adriaanse 117 study 5 NS NS
DEBQ Finlayson et al. 73 NS and ↑
DEBQ Hopkins, Michalowska, Whybrow, Horgan and Stubbs 113 NS NS
DEBQ Oliver, Wardle and Gibson 85 NS
DEBQ Raspopow, Abizaid, Matheson and Anisman 118 NS NS*
DEBQ Robinson and Haynes 115 NS NS
DEBQ van Strien, Donker and Ouwens 116
DEBQ van Strien, Herman, Anschutz, Engels and de Weerth 119
DEBQ van Strien and Ouwens 99
DEBQ Wallis and Hetherington 101 NS NS
DEBQ Wallis and Hetherington 102 NS
Total

10 NS

3 ↑

9 NS

2 ↑

Binge eating BES Alger, Seagle and Ravussin 120
EDAS Arumae, Kreegipuu and Vainik 121 NS
BES Dalton, Blundell and Finlayson 122 NS*
BES Dalton, Blundell and Finlayson 123 NS*
BES Finlayson, Arlotti, Dalton, King and Blundell 4
BES Finlayson et al. 73 NS
BES Nasser, Gluck and Geliebter 124 NS NS
BES Stinson, Votruba, Venti, Krakoff, Gluck and Perez 98 NS
Total

3 NS

4 ↑

4 NS

3 ↑

Eating disorders EDDS Anderson, Reilly, Schaumberg, Dmochowski and Anderson 58 NS
EDI‐2 Long, Meyer, Leung and Wallis 125 NS
Total 2 NS 1 ↑
Food addiction YFAS 2.0 Schulte, Sonneville and Gearhardt 126 NS NS
Total 1 NS 1 NS
Eating self‐efficacy WEL Vijayvargiya, Chedid, Wang, Atieh, Maselli, Burton, Clark, Acosta and Camilleri 127
Total 1 ↓
Reward‐related eating

RED‐X5

RED‐9

RED‐13

Vainik, Eun Han, Epel, Janet Tomiyama, Dagher and Mason 55

Total

1 ↑

1 ↑

Total scores TFEQ Bellisle and Dalix 128 NS NS
DEBQ Bellisle and Dalix 128 NS NS
TFEQ Nolan‐Poupart, Veldhuizen, Geha and Small 110 NS
Total 3 NS 2 NS

Note: blank = outcome was measured but the data was not available as authors were contacted but did not reply, NS = non‐significant, NS* = significant association with body fat or body weight, ↑ = significance positive association, ↓ = significant negative association,

a

= reverse coded. If two results are presented for one outcome (e.g., NS and ↑), the effect differed depending on the group or condition tested.