Table 2.

Reliability analysis of the individual items of the children eating behavior questionnaire.

Item	N (%)	ICC	95% CI		p
			Lower limit	Upper limit
My child loves food	183 (92.9%)	0.711	0.632	0.776	<0.001
My child eats more when worried	181 (91.9%)	0.426	0.297	0.540	<0.001
My child has a big appetite	183 (92.9%)	0.744	0.671	0.803	<0.001
My child finishes his/her meal quickly	183 (92.9%)	0.676	0.589	0.747	<0.001
My child is interested in food	183 (92.9%)	0.660	0.569	0.735	<0.001
My child is always asking for a drink	180 (91.4%)	0.654	0.562	0.730	<0.001
My child refuses new foods at first	184 (93.4%)	0.729	0.649	0.792	<0.001
My child eats slowly	184 (93.4%)	0.705	0.625	0.771	<0.001
My child eats less when angry	183 (92.9%)	0.640	0.539	0.721	<0.001
My child enjoys tasting new foods	184 (93.4%)	0.710	0.630	0.775	<0.001
My child eats less when s/he is tired	184 (93.4%)	0.515	0.376	0.626	<0.001
My child is always asking for food	183 (92.9%)	0.734	0.660	0.795	<0.001
My child eats more when annoyed	183 (92.9%)	0.307	0.172	0.432	<0.001
If allowed to, my child would eat too much	184 (93.4%)	0.725	0.648	0.787	<0.001
My child eats more when anxious	184 (93.4%)	0.521	0.408	0.619	<0.001
My child enjoys a wide variety of foods	182 (92.4%)	0.698	0.615	0.765	<0.001
My child leaves food on his/her plate at the end of a meal	184 (93.4%)	0.702	0.621	0.769	<0.001
My child takes more than 30 min to finish a meal	182 (92.4%)	0.783	0.719	0.833	<0.001
Given the choice, my child would eat most of the time	184 (93.4%)	0.757	0.684	0.814	<0.001
My child looks forward to mealtimes	183 (92.9%)	0.691	0.607	0.760	<0.001
My child gets full before his/her meal is finished	184 (93.4%)	0.561	0.454	0.653	<0.001
My child enjoys eating	183 (92.9%)	0.775	0.710	0.827	<0.001
My child eats more when she is happy	183 (92.9%)	0.589	0.486	0.676	<0.001
My child is difficult to please with meals	184 (93.4%)	0.697	0.615	0.764	<0.001
My child eats less when upset	183 (92.9%)	0.647	0.554	0.724	<0.001
My child gets full up easily	183 (92.9%)	0.678	0.591	0.749	<0.001
My child eats more when s/he has nothing else to do	183 (92.9%)	0.655	0.546	0.731	<0.001
Even if my child is full up s/he finds room to eat his/her favorite food	184 (93.4%)	0.724	0.647	0.786	<0.001
If given the chance, my child would drink continuously throughout the day	184 (93.4%)	0.629	0.532	0.709	<0.001
My child cannot eat a meal if s/he has had a snack just before	184 (93.4%)	0.560	0.452	0.652	<0.001
If given the chance, my child would always be having a drink	181 (91.9%)	0.654	0.562	0.730	<0.001
My child is interested in tasting food s/he has not tasted before	182 (92.4%)	0.697	0.613	0.764	<0.001
My child decides that s/he does not like a food, even without tasting it	184 (93.4%)	0.752	0.682	0.809	<0.001
If given the chance, my child would always have food in his/her mouth	183 (92.9%)	0.654	0.563	0.730	<0.001
My child eats more and more slowly during the course of a meal	184 (93.4%)	0.569	0.463	0.660	<0.001

The data are shown N (%) for categorical variables. Reliability of the CEBQ has been calculated with the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). The confidence interval (CI) is 95% and the lower and upper limits are shown.