The development and validation of the Calorie Counting Questionnaire
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The development and validation of the Calorie Counting Questionnaire (CCQ)
IRAS ID
166249
Contact name
Melanie Bash
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 0 days
Research summary
Dietary restraint is a common feature of eating disorders. Calorie counting is one aspect of dietary restraint very commonly practiced by patients with eating disorders. Treatment manuals recommend that patients learn not to count calories in order to manage their health and eating disorder. Despite this guidance, many patients continue to count calories and regard this as helpful. There has been little research into the extent and nature of calorie counting, and to date there is no specific validated measure of this unhelpful behaviour, although there are more general measures of dietary restraint. The current research proposes to validate a measure of calorie counting behaviours for use with patients with eating disorders.
REC name
North East - Tyne & Wear South Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
14/NE/1227
Date of REC Opinion
1 Dec 2014
REC opinion
Unfavourable Opinion