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.
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 and the TFEQ-R21 with 21 items.
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References
- ↑ Stunkard, Albert J.; Messick, Samuel (January 1985). "The three-factor eating questionnaire to measure dietary restraint, disinhibition and hunger". Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 29 (1): 71–83. doi:10.1016/0022-3999(85)90010-8. PMID 3981480.
- ↑ Romon, Monique; Deschamps, Valérie; Lafay, Lionel; Borys, Jean-Michel; Karlsson, Jan; Ducimetière, Pierre; Charles, M. Aline (September 2004). "The Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire-R18 Is Able to Distinguish among Different Eating Patterns in a General Population". The Journal of Nutrition. 134 (9): 2372–2380. doi:10.1093/jn/134.9.2372. PMID 15333731.
- ↑ Anglé, Susanna; Engblom, Janne; Eriksson, Tiina; Kautiainen, Susanna; Saha, Marja-Terttu; Lindfors, Pirjo; Lehtinen, Matti; Rimpelä, Arja (2009). "Three factor eating questionnaire-R18 as a measure of cognitive restraint, uncontrolled eating and emotional eating in a sample of young Finnish females". International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 6 (1): 41. doi:10.1186/1479-5868-6-41. PMC 2720907. PMID 19615047.
- ↑ Cappelleri, J C; Bushmakin, A G; Gerber, R A; Leidy, N K; Sexton, C C; Lowe, M R; Karlsson, J (June 2009). "Psychometric analysis of the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire-R21: results from a large diverse sample of obese and non-obese participants". International Journal of Obesity. 33 (6): 611–620. doi:10.1038/ijo.2009.74. PMID 19399021.