Abstract

Aim. To present modern views on various types of eating behavior in children and adolescents and their role in the development of obesity. Key points. Both hereditary predisposition factors and environmental factors play a role in the formation of obesity, among which eating behavior (PP) plays a significant role. Various questionnaires and scales are used to study PP disorders, one of the validated questionnaires is the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ), which plays an important role in clinical practice, it allows you to simultaneously evaluate three main types of PP, which is important in the diagnosis of early PP disorders and contributes to the correction of identified disorders, as well as it allows to increase the effectiveness of therapeutic and preventive measures. It is also an urgent issue, especially given the limited number of medications allowed for the treatment of obesity in childhood and adolescence, is the search for approaches that can effectively treat obesity, especially in the long term, and therefore it is necessary to rely, inter alia, on knowledge of the peculiarities of eating behavior in patients in order to optimize the trajectory of treatment. Conclusion. In all cases, treatment of PP disorders should include a full, in-depth, detailed analysis of PP to understand the underlying factors and stress. Interventions should be tailored to each case, with the goal of restoring normal nutrition and nutritional intake and improving the patient's quality of life. Keywords: obesity, children, adolescents, eating behavior, Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ)

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