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Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ)

Please read the following statements and tick the boxes most appropriate to your childs eating behaviour.
Never Rarely Some -times ften !lways

"y child loves food "y child eats more when worried "y child has a big appetite "y child finishes his&her meal 'uickly "y child is interested in food "y child is always asking for a drink "y child refuses new foods at first "y child eats slowly "y child eats less when angry "y child en*oys tasting new foods "y child eats less when s&he is tired "y child is always asking for food "y child eats more when annoyed +f allowed to, my child would eat too much "y child eats more when anxious "y child en*oys a wide variety of foods "y child leaves food on his&her plate at the end of a meal "y child takes more than -. minutes to finish a meal

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/iven the choice, my child would eat most of the time "y child looks forward to mealtimes "y child gets full before his&her meal is finished "y child en*oys eating "y child eats more when she is happy "y child is difficult to please with meals "y child eats less when upset "y child gets full up easily "y child eats more when s&he has nothing else to do #ven if my child is full up s&he finds room to eat his&her favourite food +f given the chance, my child would drink continuously throughout the day "y child cannot eat a meal if s&he has had a snack *ust before +f given the chance, my child would always be having a drink "y child is interested in tasting food s&he hasnt tasted before "y child decides that s&he doesnt like a food, even without tasting it +f given the chance, my child would always have food in his&her mouth "y child eats more and more slowly during the course of a meal

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SCORING OF T E CEBQ (Never!"# Rarel$!%# So&eti&es!'# O(ten!)# *l+a$s!,)

$ood responsiveness #motional over-eating #n*oyment of food (esire to drink Satiety responsiveness Slowness in eating #motional under-eating $ood fussiness %Reversed items 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 item mean $R item mean # # item mean #$ item mean (( item mean SR item mean S# item mean #)# item mean $$

1ardle, 2, /uthrie 3!, Sanderson, S and Rapoport, 4. (evelopment of the 3hildrens #ating 5ehaviour 6uestionnaire. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. )%# 7..8, 9:--9;..

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