ArticleJournal of eating disorders2019
The short inventory of grazing (SIG): development and validation of a new brief measure of a common eating behaviour with a compulsive dimension.
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- Loss of control as a transdiagnostic feature in obesity-related eating behaviours: A systematic review.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2023Pooled it
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- A Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Binge Eating, Self-Compassion, and Mindfulness in Brazilian Women With Weight Regain After Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: a Pilot Feasibility Study.Obesity surgery · 2026Article
- Graze Eating and Obesity: A Conceptualization Within the Spectrum of Disordered Eating.Current obesity reports · 2025Review
- 'Do no harm' - the impact of an intervention for addictive eating on disordered eating behaviours in Australian adults: secondary analysis of the TRACE randomised controlled trial.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Conceptualization of Grazing: The Psychometric Properties of The Repetitive Eating Questionnaire (Rep[eat]-Q) Turkish Form.Turk psikiyatri dergisi = Turkish journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
- Downloading appetite? Investigating the role of parasocial relationship with favorite social media food influencer in followers' disordered eating behaviors.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2024Article
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- Validation of the Brazilian version of the Short Inventory of Grazing (SIG).Trends in psychiatry and psychotherapy · 2024Article
- Grazing Is Associated with ADHD Symptoms, Substance Use, and Impulsivity in a Representative Sample of a Large Metropolitan Area in Brazil.Nutrients · 2023Article
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- Grazing Prevalence and Associations with Eating and General Psychopathology, Body Mass Index, and Quality of Life in a Middle-Income Country.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Factors associated with grazing behavior in candidates for bariatric surgery at a hospital in the Amazon.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- The OPTIMISE study protocol: a multicentre optimisation trial comparing continuous glucose monitoring, snacking habits, sleep extension and values-guided self-care interventions to improve glucose time-in-range in young people (13-20 years) with type 1 diabetes.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2022Article
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- Management of eating disorders for people with higher weight: clinical practice guideline.Journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- The psychometric properties of the grazing questionnaire in an obesity sample with and without binge eating disorder.Journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- Grazing Behavior Hinders Weight Loss in Long-Term Post Bariatric Surgery: a Cross-Sectional Study.Obesity surgery · 2021Article
- Relating goal-directed behaviour to grazing in persons with obesity with and without eating disorder features.Journal of eating disorders · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundGrazing, the repetitious and unplanned eating of small amounts of food with or without a sense of loss of control (LOC), is an eating pattern of recent interest which is highly prevalent in eating disorders and obesity. The current study aimed to (1) assess psychometric properties of a short inventory of grazing (SIG), consisting of a "grazing in general" item and a "compulsive/LOC grazing" item and (2) examine associations between compulsive and non-compulsive grazing and body mass index (BMI), eating disorder psychopathology, distress and health-related quality of life.
methodsParticipants recruited from a university and the community (
resultsThe SIG demonstrated appropriate psychometric properties. Results indicated that both grazing in general and low-frequency LOC grazing are common; however, LOC grazing of moderate-severe frequency and/or associated with marked distress is unusual. Frequency of LOC grazing, but not grazing in general, was significantly associated with higher BMI, psychological distress, compensatory behaviours and lower mental health-related quality of life. The presence of compulsive grazing was also associated with eating disorder caseness and binge-type eating disorder diagnostic groups.
conclusionsResults support the positioning of "compulsive" LOC grazing on a continuum of problematic eating. The SIG is a parsimonious measure of this eating pattern of emergent interest.
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