The QEB questionnaire as an instrument to examine opinions on food and nutrition and indicators of the quality of diet
ISSN: 0007-070X
Article publication date: 3 June 2019
Issue publication date: 7 June 2019
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to assess the Questionnaire Eating Behaviours (QEB), developed by the Science Committee of Human Nutrition of the Polish Academy of Sciences, as an instrument to examine the opinions on food and nutrition and diet quality indicators in women in various age groups.
Design/methodology/approach
The study involved 161 healthy Polish women aged 18–92, divided into four age groups to assess the QEB questionnaire, as an instrument to examine the opinions on food and nutrition and diet quality indicators.
Findings
Women provided statistically significant responses to 40 per cent of the statements in the test. In the case of 60 per cent of responses proper answers increased with the age of the participant. Questionnaire determines that people whose opinions were more compliant with nutritional knowledge more often applied the principles of proper nutrition. Dependencies between the number of points from the test of opinions about food and nutrition and the Prohealthy-Diet-Index (pHDI-8) or the sum of points from the test and the Non-healthy-Diet-Index (nHDI-8) were indicated. People who obtained the higher pHDI-8 and the lower nHDI-8 coefficient better evaluated their diet.
Originality/value
The QEB questionnaire can be an effective, quick and cheap instrument recommended to examine the association between the opinion about food and nutrition and the quality of diet of people at various ages and useful in determining the directions of further education and improvement in the quality of diet, including its assessment in large population groups.
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Acknowledgements
Disclosure statement: no potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors. Funding: this study was performed under the project of the Faculty of Human Nutrition and Consumer Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW-WULS), Poland (No. 505-20-100200-N-00198-99).
Citation
Wawrzyniak, A., Woźniak, A.E., Anyzewska, A., Kwiatkowska, M. and Kołłajtis-Dołowy, A. (2019), "The QEB questionnaire as an instrument to examine opinions on food and nutrition and indicators of the quality of diet", British Food Journal, Vol. 121 No. 6, pp. 1342-1353. https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-05-2018-0331
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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