Repetitive eating questionnaire [Rep(eat)-Q]: Enlightening the concept of grazing and psychometric properties in a Portuguese sample

Problematic eating behaviors and psychopathology in patients undergoing bariatric surgery: The mediating role of loss of control eating

“…Additionally, the mediation models show that, compared to patients not reporting PEBs, the presence of any PEB is associated with significantly higher scores in the psychological measures tested. Taken together, these findings support the argument for the conceptualization of these different PEBs in the spectrum of disordered eating psychopathology and psychological distress, as suggested in previous research (Conceição et al, ). Of note, in line with findings from other studies (Fitzsimmons‐Craft et al, ), cognitive restraint does not differentiate patients reporting the different PEB.…”

“…Taken together, these findings support the argument for the conceptualization of these different PEBs in the spectrum of disordered eating psychopathology and psychological distress, as suggested in previous research (Conceição et al, 2017(Conceição et al, , 2015…”

“…Grazing behavior has been consistently associated with poor weight loss (Colles, Dixon, & O'Brien, ; Conceição et al, ; Robinson et al, ) and weight regain (Kofman, Lent, & Swencionis, ; Pizato, Botelho, Gonçalves, Dutra, & Carvalho, ), following bariatric surgery. Despite mixed findings (Conceição et al, ), growing evidence supports its association with LOC eating (Goodpaster et al, ), increased eating disordered psychopathology, psychological distress, impulsivity under negative emotions, uncontrolled eating and emotional eating (Conceição et al, ), lower dietary restraint and higher dietary disinhibition (Colles et al, ) in both bariatric and community samples. The nonplanned nature of this eating behavior and its compulsive component suggest that there is little control exerted over eating and that some degree of lack of control is associated (Conceição et al, ).…”

“…Studies with patients undergoing bariatric surgery for weight loss brought into light grazing behavior, generally characterized as the ingestion of food in an unplanned and repetitive manner, not in response to hunger/satiety sensations. Grazing behavior has been consistently associated with poor weight loss (Colles, Dixon, & O'Brien, 2008a;Conceição et al, 2017;Robinson et al, 2014) and weight regain (Kofman, Lent, & Swencionis, 2010;Pizato, Botelho, Gonçalves, Dutra, & Carvalho, 2017), following bariatric surgery. Despite mixed findings , growing evidence supports its association with LOC eating (Goodpaster et al, 2016), increased eating disordered psychopathology, psychological distress, impulsivity under negative emotions, uncontrolled eating and emotional eating (Conceição et al, 2017), lower dietary restraint and higher dietary disinhibition (Colles et al, 2008a) in both bariatric and community samples.…”

Confirmatory factor analysis and psychometric properties of the Norwegian version of the Repetitive Eating Questionnaire: Further evidence for two distinct subtypes of grazing behaviour

“…The repetitive eating of small/modest amounts of food in an unplanned manner, often referred to as “grazing,” has been characterized as a pattern of unstructured and unanticipated eating outside of planned meals and snacks, and/or not in response to sensations of hunger or satiety (Conceicao, Bastos, et al, ; Conceição et al, ). Grazing behaviour has been investigated most extensively within treatment‐seeking populations of eating disorders (EDs) and obesity (see meta‐analysis by Heriseanu, Hay, Corbit, & Touyz, ), especially obese bariatric samples at preoperative and post‐operative assessment.…”