Table 5.

Construct validity of the children eating behavior questionnaire. Correlation between scales and children’s BMI.

	N	Partial correlation with BMI (sex, age)	p	Correlation with BMI Z-score	p
Food responsiveness (FR)	197	0.297	<0.001	0.268	<0.001**
Emotional overeating (EOE)	197	0.187	0.009	0.160	0.025*
Enjoyment of food (EF)	197	0.179	0.012	0.186	0.009*
Desire to drink (DD)	197	0.134	0.061	0.101	0.157
Satiety responsiveness (SR)	197	−0.283	<0.001	−0.318	<0.001**
Slowness in eating (SE)	197	−0.276	<0.001	−0.291	<0.001**
Emotional undereating (EUE)	197	−0.092	0.201	−0.168	0.018*
Food fussiness (FF)	197	−0.007	0.922	−0.006	0.937

Correlation between CEBQ scales and body mass index adjusted for age and sex, and between CEBQ scales and Body Mass Index (BMI) Z-score.

^* p < 0.05;

^**p < 0.001.