TITLE:
Relationship of Food Craving Behavior with Body Mass Index and Body Composition in Reproductive Age Females
AUTHORS:
María-De-Los-Remedios Moreno-Frías, Sonya Chaudhari, María-Raquel Huerta-Franco
KEYWORDS:
Food Craving Behavior, Body Mass Index, Body Composition, Reproductive Age Females
JOURNAL NAME:
Food and Nutrition Sciences,
Vol.8 No.7,
July
11,
2017
ABSTRACT: Objective: To estimate the relationship of Food Craving (FC) behavior with females’ Body Mass Index (BMI), and body-composition. Design, setting and participants: A cross-sectional study of 302 reproductive-age women from middle-socioeconomic class was conducted at the Health & Occupational-Environmental Laboratory. Variable Measures: A FC behavior questionnaire (FCQ) was designed and validated in 151 female subjects. This questionnaire evaluated five dimensions: FC-leisure, FC-psychological reactance, FC-depression, FC-anxiety/stress, and FC-anger. Dependent variables were Body Mass Index (BMI, kg/m2) and the body fat mass. Interventions: A second group of 151 women completed the FCQ. Anthropometrical variables were recorded using the International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry procedure. Analysis: A multiple regression-analysis using STAT- ISTICS version 7 was performed to determine the relationship of FC behavior with anthropometrical variables described. Results: We demonstrated that 98.7% of women had FC behavior. Women with higher BMI had higher scores of FC-depressions (p = 0.02) and FC-anger (p = 0.007). Food craving behavior (p