2.2.3. Behavioral Pediatrics Feeding Assessment Scale (BPFAS)

Among the various psychometric tools used to detect feeding problems BPFAS is the most reliable and valid one [20,22,31,32,33,34,35,36]. It has been tested in different populations and age groups. It consists of two sections and 35 questions. The 25 questions of the first section assess the feeding behavior of the child and the 10 of the second section assess the parents’ feelings towards the child’s feeding patterns as well as the parental feeding practices. In each of the 35 questions parents must answer on the frequency a named behavior appears (on a 5-point scale from 1—never to 5—always) and whether this behavior is a problem for them (yes–no). This creates two separate scores, the total frequency score TFS (maximum score 175) and the total problem score TPS (maximum score 35), respectively. In case of getting a score higher than 84 for the TFS and higher than 9 for the TPS there is a risk of facing feeding problems. The present study used the Greek version of the BPFAS [37].