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Adaptation and validation of the Child Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (ChEDE-Q) for use in English among adolescents in Urban India

Ahuja, Latika; Diedrichs, Phillippa C.; Garbett, Kirsty M.; Chaudhry, Anshula; Hasan, Farheen; Uglik-Marucha, Nora; Vitoratou, Silia; Dhillon, Megha; Shroff, Hemal; Lewis-Smith, Helena

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Authors

Latika Ahuja

Phillippa C. Diedrichs

Kirsty M. Garbett

Anshula Chaudhry

Farheen Hasan

Nora Uglik-Marucha

Silia Vitoratou

Megha Dhillon

Hemal Shroff



Abstract

Eating pathology is increasingly common among Indian adolescents. However, brief validated measures of disordered eating in Indian contexts are scarce. This study adapted and validated a culturally appropriate English language version of the Child Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (ChEDE-Q) among 385 adolescents (mean age = 13.42 years; 47.3% girls) in urban India. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that a two-factor eight-item solution had an acceptable fit to the data across gender: an ‘Eating Concerns and Restraint’ subscale and a ‘Weight and Shape Concerns’ subscale. Further, the questionnaire can be utilised as both a unidimensional and multidimensional tool. This allows for the computation of a total score on the primary factor of ‘Child Eating Pathology’, as well as the two subscales. Internal consistency of the ‘Weight and Shape Concerns’ subscale (α = 0.825) and ‘Eating Concerns and Restraint’ subscale (α = 0.649) was satisfactory. Concurrent validity was established through medium significant correlations with measures of body image and broader mental health. The results support the use of the ChEDE-Q for assessing disordered eating among urban Indian adolescents, thus providing the research community and practitioners with a measure to investigate the nature and scale of disordered eating among adolescents in India.

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 31, 2023
Online Publication Date Sep 2, 2023
Publication Date Sep 2, 2023
Deposit Date Sep 29, 2023
Publicly Available Date Oct 3, 2023
Journal Nutrients
Electronic ISSN 2072-6643
Publisher MDPI
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 15
Issue 17
Article Number 3836
DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15173836
Keywords Food Science, Nutrition and Dietetics
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/11116984

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