Psychometric Properties of Eating Behaviour Instruments for Older Adults: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Although eating behaviour in children, adolescents and adults has been linked to changes in body mass, eating disorders and non-communicable diseases, there is still uncertainty about how this behaviour has been measured in populations aged 60 and over, who are often exposed to age-related physiological and cognitive changes, increased malnutrition risk and underrepresented in psychometric research.

Aim

To analyse how eating behaviour has been investigated in people aged 60 and over.

Methods

Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and the Consensus-based Standards for the Selection of Health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN), three independent researchers selected articles from four databases fro

SUBMITTER: de Padua Constancio G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12457733 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature