Abstract
【Objective】 Obesity causes a variety of health problems from childhood. Therefore, this study focused on "rapid eating," which is considered to be strongly associated with obesity, and aimed to clarify the relationship between rapid eating and abdominal obesity, blood pressure, lipid profile, liver enzymes tests, and nutritional intake.
【Methods】 In total,77 primary obese children (52 boys, 25 girls） aged 8-15 years. All subjects underwent physical measurements, blood pressure measurements, blood biochemical tests, and a dietary survey using a brief-type self-administered diet history questionnaire (BDHQ）. The presence or absence of fast-eating was evaluated and compared between the rapid eating group (very rapid and somewhat rapid） and the non-rapid eating group (normal, somewhat slow, and very slow） based on the response options of the BDHQ questionnaire items.
【Results】 The rapid eating group had significantly higher body weight, waist circumference, waist-to-height ratio, body fat percentage, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, aspartate aminotransferase, and alanine aminotransferase than the non-rapid eater group. The energy intake was also significantly higher than non-rapid eating group.
【Conclusion】 The rapid eating group tended to have a higher degree of abdominal obesity and worse blood pressure and liver function. There were no significant differences in PFC balance, or satuated fat, sucrose, salt intake. The rapid eating in obese children was associated with abdorinal obecity and obecity related health problems. Dietitians should focus on correcting fast eating when providing nutritional guidance to obese children.
