METHODS: This non-interventional, cross-sectional, qualitative study utilized semi-structured concept elicitation interviews to explore the perceptions of people with obesity and/or T2D around appetite, eating behaviors and drivers/triggers of food choices. Adult US residents (≥ 18 years) with stable body weight (± 5 kg) in the 3 months preceding participation were included in the study.
RESULTS: Forty-five participants (obesity: n = 15; overweight: n = 10; T2D: n = 20) were interviewed. Interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim for analysis. A subset of participants described eating behaviors on smartphone-based app tasks over 5 days. Most (> 96%) discussed the influence of hunger, cravings and satiety on food choices. Participants identified 22 drivers/triggers (including health, 95.6%; culture/heritage, 93.3%; location, 91.1%; stress, 88.8%). Participants also discussed associations between drivers/triggers and eating behavior concepts (appetite, hunger, cravings, satiety, motivation/determination). A conceptual model illustrating eating behavior concepts and related drivers/triggers was developed. The concept elicitation interviews identified a multitude of drivers and triggers and characterized the association of such drivers/triggers with seven core patient-reported concepts encompassing eating behaviors.
CONCLUSIONS: The findings build upon existing models of factors influencing food choices. Findings confirm prior research regarding impact of drivers/triggers on food choice in people with obesity and T2D and indicate underlying disease state does not appear to influence eating behaviors in people with stable body weight.
方法:这种非干预性,横截面,定性研究利用半结构化概念启发访谈来探索肥胖和/或T2D患者对食欲的看法,饮食行为和食物选择的驱动因素/触发因素。参与前3个月体重稳定(±5kg)的成年美国居民(≥18岁)被纳入研究。
结果:对45名参与者(肥胖:n=15;超重:n=10;T2D:n=20)进行了访谈。访谈是录音记录和逐字转录的,用于分析。一部分参与者描述了5天内基于智能手机的应用程序任务的饮食行为。大多数(>96%)讨论了饥饿的影响,对食物选择的渴望和饱腹感。参与者确定了22个驱动因素/触发因素(包括健康、95.6%;文化/遗产,93.3%;位置,91.1%;应力,88.8%)。参与者还讨论了驾驶员/触发器与饮食行为概念(食欲,饥饿,渴望,饱腹感,动机/决心)。开发了说明饮食行为概念和相关驱动/触发因素的概念模型。概念启发访谈确定了许多驱动程序和触发器,并将此类驱动程序/触发器与包含饮食行为的七个核心患者报告概念的关联进行了表征。
结论:这些发现建立在现有的影响食物选择的因素模型上。研究结果证实了先前关于驱动因素/触发因素对肥胖和T2D患者食物选择的影响的研究,并表明潜在的疾病状态似乎不会影响体重稳定的人的饮食行为。