Potential Relationship between Self-Assessed Eating Speed and Recalled Duration of Eating Meals in Apparently Healthy Adults.
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2014-01-01
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Background: Self-assessed eating speed was frequently used to assess an individual’s
eating speed in previous clinical studies. However, the relationship between selfassessed
eating speed and the duration of eating meals is unknown.
Place and Duration of Study: A cross-sectional study in Saitama, an eastern district of
Japan, near Tokyo, in 2012.
Methodology: We determined self-assessed eating speed relative to other people and
recalled duration of eating meals (rDEM) in 472 apparently healthy Japanese adults aged
18–69 years. Self-assessed eating speed was assessed using a simple question and was
divided into three categories (slow, normal, and rapid). Subjects were asked to report
rDEM over the last few days to the nearest 5 min. Results: rDEM decreased significantly from slow to rapid self-assessed eating speed (all,
P < .0001), and from dinner and lunch to breakfast (P < .0001). Similar trends were
observed when subjects were divided into three categories according to chewing
frequency.
Conclusion: Self-assessed eating speed and rDEM may be closely correlated with each
other and with chewing frequency, and might be useful to evaluate overall eating
behaviors
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Eating speed, rapid eating, duration of eating, simple question, chewing
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Oshida Haruki, Muneyuki Toshitaka, Suwa Kaname, Nakajima Kei. Potential Relationship between Self-Assessed Eating Speed and Recalled Duration of Eating Meals in Apparently Healthy Adults. British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research. 2014 Jan; 4(1): 257-262.