TY - JOUR
T1 - Eating behaviors in cuban adults: Results from an exploratory transcultural study
AU - Janiri, Luigi
AU - Harnic, Desiree
AU - Rodríguez-Martín, Boris C.
AU - Innamorati, Marco
AU - Imperatori, Claudio
AU - Fabbricatore, Mariantonietta
AU - Rivas-Suárez, Saira R.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - This study aims to investigate eating behaviors in Cuban adults and compare them with those of a developed Western country, Italy. The study also aimed to determine the overall accuracy of a predictive model intended to define variables which could be used to discriminate between nationalities. Participants were 283 normal weight individuals from Cuba (n = 158) and Italy (n = 125). Italians had higher scores for restrained eating on the questionnaire than Cubans with a considerable effect size. This trend was also found for emotional eating and binge eating, as well as number of current dieters, despite the fact that effect sizes were small. On the other hand, Cubans, when compared to Italians reported higher scores for food thought suppression with reward responsiveness and restrained eating emerging as significant predictors of between-country differences. To conclude, eating behaviors in Cubans could be different from those reported in European countries, perhaps as a consequence of Cuba's recent history.
AB - This study aims to investigate eating behaviors in Cuban adults and compare them with those of a developed Western country, Italy. The study also aimed to determine the overall accuracy of a predictive model intended to define variables which could be used to discriminate between nationalities. Participants were 283 normal weight individuals from Cuba (n = 158) and Italy (n = 125). Italians had higher scores for restrained eating on the questionnaire than Cubans with a considerable effect size. This trend was also found for emotional eating and binge eating, as well as number of current dieters, despite the fact that effect sizes were small. On the other hand, Cubans, when compared to Italians reported higher scores for food thought suppression with reward responsiveness and restrained eating emerging as significant predictors of between-country differences. To conclude, eating behaviors in Cubans could be different from those reported in European countries, perhaps as a consequence of Cuba's recent history.
KW - Binge eating
KW - Eating behaviors
KW - Food cravings
KW - Food thought suppression
KW - Motivation
KW - Psychology (all)
KW - Binge eating
KW - Eating behaviors
KW - Food cravings
KW - Food thought suppression
KW - Motivation
KW - Psychology (all)
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/95399
UR - http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01455/full
U2 - 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01455
DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01455
M3 - Article
VL - 7
SP - 1455-N/A
JO - Frontiers in Psychology
JF - Frontiers in Psychology
SN - 1664-1078
ER -