This study aimed to perform the adaptation of URICA to assess motivation to change eating habits and the subsequent reduction from 32 to 24 items through exploratory factor analysis and reliability indices. This is an instrumental nature study, conducted with 175 participants in weight reduction programs from the South of Brazil. The factor analysis yielded a solution of four factors, relating to the four stages of motivation for change and Cronbach's Alpha showed a total of 0.84, which ranged from 0.814 to 0.94 among the four domains.
Factor analysis; Feeding practices; URICA; Change; Motivation
