Food and Cooking Skills, and Eating Behaviors in People With Overweight or Obesity
Condition: Obesity; Overweight
MeSH terms: Obesity; Overweight
Study type: Observational

Summary: 
      In the present study, the authors aimed to determine food skills and cooking skills, and
      eating behaviors, and to evaluate the relationship between food skills and cooking skills,
      and eating behaviors in people with overweight or obesity.

      Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted with 185 people with overweight or obesity.
      The researchers collected the study data using the face-to-face interview method through a
      questionnaire including the Descriptive Information Form, Cooking Skills and Food Skills
      Scale, and Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire-R21. Numbers, percentages, arithmetic mean,
      standard deviation, Student's t-test, Pearson Chi-Square test, and multiple linear regression
      analysis were used in the analysis of the data.
    

Detailed description: 
      Food skills and cooking skills, considered a basic activity of daily living, have become an
      increasingly important issue, especially in Western countries in parallel with the change in
      food consumption patterns such as consuming Away-From-Home-Food and processed food. Food
      skills which include concepts such as menu planning for meals, purchasing, preparing and
      cooking foods, budgeting, food safety, and healthy nutrition using the resources at hand are
      defined as "the ability to produce balanced and delicious meals suitable for the age and
      needs of individuals". Cooking skills not only refer to a series of mechanical or physical
      skills such as chopping, mixing, and heating used in food preparation but also include
      conceptual and perceptual skills related to changes in food after the cooking process. The
      increase in obesity on a global scale and the significant decline in diet quality draw
      attention to the issue of increasing people's interest in home cooking and methods of
      preparing food to be eaten at home as a potential strategy for preventing obesity. Thus, it
      is stated that food preparation knowledge, skills, and behaviors can affect dietary intake
      and body weight.

      This study cross-sectional was conducted in the Nutrition and Diet Clinic of Bandirma
      Training and Research Hospital in Bandirma district of Balikesir province, located on the
      coast of the Marmara Sea, in the west of Turkey. The minimum sample size was calculated as
      107 using the G*Power 3.1.9.7 program (power:95%, α=0.05, effect size d=0.15). However,
      considering the possibility of losses during the study, we decided to include 30% (n = 139)
      more people.

      Of the individuals who presented to the diet outpatient clinic between January 2022 and July
      2022, those who agreed to participate in the study (n=308), were in the age group of 19-64
      years (n=212) and had a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 25.00 kg/m2 were included in the study.
      Written informed consent was obtained from the participants. Of these individuals, those with
      a diagnosis of psychiatric disease (n=8), those who cannot feed orally and/or have difficulty
      in chewing and swallowing (n=4), and those who had physical health problems that would
      prevent the researchers from assessing their food preparation and cooking skills or from
      making their anthropometric measurements (n=13) and those who were pregnant or lactating
      (n=2) were excluded, and data about 185 individuals were evaluated in the study.
    

Intervention name(s): Food and cooking skills
Intervention type(s): Behavioral
Intervention description(s): The researchers collected the study data using the face-to-face interview method through a questionnaire including the Descriptive Information Form, Cooking Skills and Food Skills Scale, and Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire-R21.
Observational model: Case-Only
Time perspective: Cross-Sectional
Sampling method: Non-Probability Sample
Study population: 
        This study cross-sectional was conducted in the Nutrition and Diet Clinic of Bandirma
        Training and Research Hospital in Bandirma district of Balikesir province, located on the
        coast of the Marmara Sea, in the west of Turkey.
      
Keywords: food skills; cooking skills; eating behavior