Factorial validation of the children’s eating behavior questionnaire and the association between the eating behaviors assessed and BMI Z score in Chinese preschoolers aged 2–5 years

Table 3 Reliability analysis of the CEBQ subscales: Cronbach’s alpha and item-total correlations (N = 11780)

Eating behaviors	Cronbach’s alpha	Average item-total correlation
Satiety Responsiveness (SR)	0.76	0.45
Slowness in Eating (SE)	0.83	0.54
Food Fussiness (FF)	0.78	0.41
Food Responsiveness (FR)	0.86	0.56
Enjoyment of Food (EF)	0.90	0.69
Desire to Drink (DD)	0.84	0.64
Emotional Undereating (EUE)	0.82	0.53
Emotional Overeating (EOE)	0.90	0.71

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