B2496 - Adult Eating Behaviour Questionnaire in ALSPAC

B number: 
B2496
Principal applicant name: 
Laura Johnson | School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol (United Kingdom)
Co-applicants: 
Dr Laura Howe
Title of project: 
Adult Eating Behaviour Questionnaire in ALSPAC
Proposal summary: 

Eating behaviours like how full you feel after eating a meal or how quickly you eat have been related to the development of obesity in infants, children and adolescents. A new questionnaire to measure these behaviours is currently being developed for use with adults and could reveal new options for identifying people at risk of gaining weight and thus most in need of help to prevent weight gain. We would like to use this questionnaire in ALSPAC to measure these types of behaviours and work out if they are useful for predicting weight gain. We will also look at factors throughout life (previously measured in ALSPAC Young Adults) that are associated with adult eating behaviours. Ultimately this will enable us to design ways to help people to avoid eating in ways that makes gaining too much weight more likely.

Date proposal received: 
Friday, 17 July, 2015
Date proposal approved: 
Wednesday, 12 August, 2015
Keywords: 
Epidemiology, Behaviour - e.g. antisocial behaviour, risk behaviour, etc., Obesity, Statistical methods, Psychometrics, BMI, Genetics - e.g. epigenetics, mendelian randomisation, UK10K, sequencing, etc., Nutrition - breast feeding, diet, Physical - activity, fitness, function, Sleep