Eating Disorders in Top Elite Beach Handball Players: Cross Sectional Study

(1) Background: The preoccupation with the increasing appearance of eating disorders (ED) in athletes continues to grow, especially in athletes who practice team sports. ED severely affects the eating habits of the athletes, who tend to use unhealthy approaches to control their body weight. The development of nutritional education and early interventions by training staff is essential, and these factors are widely perceived as beneficial in sports medicine. This study evaluates the frequency at which beach handball (BH) players develop ED, also comparing the differences by sex and age (junior: adolescents vs. senior: young adults). In addition, the relation between body composition variables and ED was studied. (2) Methods: A descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in 69 top elite handball players (36 males and 33 females) from the Spanish National BH Team; who were separated by age (junior: adolescents and senior: young adults). The athletes completed the Eating Attitudes Test in its 26 item version (EAT-26). (3) Results: The prevalence of ED indicated that 11% of females had a high possibility of developing an ED, and 3% of males. Regarding the EAT-26 total score and subscales, no significant differences were found between female and male participants, or between the junior and senior categories. The correlations showed an association between body composition, in terms of body mass index, and the EAT-26 total score in both males and females. In the case of males, the correlation was negative. (4) Conclusions: Although there are no significant differences between sex or categories, it has been found that elite athletes are a population that is at high risk of developing ED.

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Eating behavior and body image among psychology students

Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria ◽

10.1590/s0047-20852009000300002 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 58 (3) ◽

pp. 150-155 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Maria Lúcia Magalhães Bosi ◽

Kátia Yumi Uchimura ◽

Ronir Raggio Luiz

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

Eating Behavior ◽

Eating Habits ◽

Psychology Students ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Eating Attitudes ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Abnormal Eating ◽

Group A ◽

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OBJECTIVE: To characterize eating habits and possible risk factors associated with eating disorders among psychology students, a segment at risk for eating disorders. METHOD: This is a cross-sectional study. The questionnaires Bulimic Investigatory Test Edinburgh (BITE), Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26), Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) and a variety that considers related issues were applied. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 11.0 was utilized in analysis. The study population was composed of 175 female students, with a mean age of 21.2 (DP ± 3.6 years). RESULTS: A positive result was detected on the EAT-26 for 6.9% of the cases (CI95%: 3.6-11.7%). The prevalence of increased symptoms and intense gravity, according to the BITE questionnaire was 5% (CI95%: 2.4-9.5%) and 2.5% (CI95%: 0.7-6.3%), respectively. According to the findings, 26.29% of the students presented abnormal eating behavior. The population with moderate/severe BSQ scores presented dissatisfaction with corporal weight. CONCLUSION: The results indicate that attention must be given to eating behavior risks within this group. A differentiated gaze is justified with respect to these future professionals, whose practice is jeopardized in cases in which they are themselves the bearers of installed symptoms or precursory behavior.

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There Are Predictors of Eating Disorders among Internet Use Characteristics—A Cross-Sectional Study on the Relationship between Problematic Internet Use and Eating Disorders

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph181910269 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (19) ◽

pp. 10269

Author(s):

Marta Kożybska ◽

Iwona Radlińska ◽

Aleksandra Czerw ◽

Grażyna Dykowska ◽

Beata Karakiewicz

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

Internet Use ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Eating Attitudes ◽

Problematic Internet Use ◽

The Internet ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Work Related ◽

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The aims of this cross-sectional study were: (i) to establish the prevalence of problematic Internet use (PIU) and eating disorders (EDs) among Polish students; (ii) to investigate potential correlations between the two phenomena; and (iii) to identify predictors of eating disorders among socio-demographic and Internet use characteristics in this population. To this end, a total of 1008 Polish students aged 18–40, completed the Problematic Internet Use Test (TPIU22), the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) and a self-designed Socio-demographic and Internet Use Survey. Men received more PIU scores (p < 0.001), while women received more EAT-26 scores (p < 0.05) with a significant correlation observed between those variables (rho = 0.212; p < 0.001). The strongest predictors of EDs were as follows: preoccupation with the Internet, neglect of sleep in favor of Internet use, alleviation of negative feelings while online, higher mean number of hours spent online on weekends for academic and work-related purposes, extracurricular activity, lower height and higher BMI. An association has been demonstrated between problematic internet use and eating disorders. Somewhat surprisingly, our results suggest that people at risk of EDs use the Internet primarily to fulfill their routine duties. Nevertheless, further research is needed to establish the causality of EDs and PIU.

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Dietary inflammatory index, bone health and body composition in a population of young adults: a cross-sectional study

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition ◽

10.1080/09637486.2018.1446915 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 69 (8) ◽

pp. 1013-1019 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

María Correa-Rodríguez ◽

Blanca Rueda-Medina ◽

Emilio González-Jiménez ◽

Jorge Enrique Correa-Bautista ◽

Robinson Ramírez-Vélez ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Young Adults ◽

Body Composition ◽

Bone Health ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Dietary Inflammatory Index ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Inflammatory Index

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The Spectrum of Disordered Eating Attitudes Among Female University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study

Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science Journal ◽

10.12944/crnfsj.7.3.10 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 698-707

Author(s):

Tarfa Albrahim ◽

Anwar Abdullah Alrubaish ◽

Jewaher Turki Saleh Alfadhliah ◽

Manal Khalid Alaskar ◽

Mona Abdulla Alatawi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Disordered Eating ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Eating Attitudes ◽

Normal Weight ◽

Eating Attitude ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

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Disordered Eating Attitudes

To explore the prevalence of disordered eating attitudes among the students of the Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University (PNU), in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 396 (18-24 years) undergraduate students from the PNU were requested to participate, after acquiring their verbal consent. The two-part questionnaire included the demographic and anthropometric data like age, weight and height in the first part, while the assessment of the disordered eating attitudes according to the tools listed in the Eating Attitude Test 26 (EAT-26) were included in the second part. A total score of 20 or more on questions 1-26 was classified as being at risk of eating disorders. The study showed 145 students (36.8%) in all, fell under the class of high level of concern for an eating disorder, registering a score of 20 or higher on the EAT-26. With respect to the EAT score among the BMI categories marked differences were evident on the EAT items, feeling extremely guilty after eating, occupied with a desire to be thinner, burning up calories during exercise, preoccupied with the thought of having fat on my body, eating diet food, feeling uncomfortable after eating sweets and engaging in dieting behavior, having gone on eating binges where I feel I may not be able to stop and feeling that others would prefer if I ate more food and other people think I am too thin. Besides, in comparison to students with normal weight, students who were underweight, overweight, and obese exhibited considerable disparities on the total EAT score. More than one third (36.6%) of females at PNU university, Saudi Arabia had disordered eating attitudes. The present study revealed that female students require awareness regarding proper nutrition.

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Eating Attitudes of Female Pharmacy students in Pakistan: a Cross-Sectional Psychometric Study

Research in Pharmacy and Health Sciences ◽

10.32463/rphs.2016.v02i01.14 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 79-84

Author(s):

Aqeel Aslam ◽

Ushna Laraib ◽

Iqra Afzal ◽

Shingraf Zaib ◽

Asma Riaz ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

Eating Behavior ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Eating Attitudes ◽

Pharmacy Students ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Disturbed Eating ◽

The Mean ◽

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The prevalence of eating disorders among University students has been on rise throughout the world. The present descriptive cross sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of eating disorders among the female students of pharmacy department at University of Sargodha, Pakistan using well established EAT-26 questionnaire. The study included 177 female undergraduate pharmacy students from all five years of Pharm D. An EAT-26 score over 20 was indicator of disturbed eating behavior. Out of the total 177 students who participated the study, 47 (26.6%) students had disturbed eating behavior. The mean EAT-26 score was 14.7. According to BMI calculations, 31.64% of total individuals were underweight, 59.32% normal, 6.78% overweight and 2.26% belonged to obese category. The prevalence of eating disorders was found to be much higher than the studies conducted at developed countries. There is an urgent need of an effort to increase awareness of such disorders among students and general public. Conduction of such study at other institutes and at larger scale is recommended.

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Frequency of pain and eating disorders among professional and amateur dancers

Sao Paulo Medical Journal ◽

10.1590/1516-3180.2016.0077310516 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 134 (6) ◽

pp. 501-507 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Maria Angélica Kurpel Diogo ◽

Gabriel Gomes de Oliveira Ribas ◽

Thelma Larocca Skare

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

Short Form ◽

Brief Pain Inventory ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Eating Attitudes ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Ballet Dancers ◽

Lower Limb Pain ◽

Pain Symptoms ◽

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ABSTRACT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: The pursuit of perfection can cause anxiety and lead dancers to exceed their physical limits. The aim here was to evaluate the prevalence of pain symptoms and eating disorders among professional and amateur dancers. DESIGN AND SETTING: Observational cross-sectional study; Curitiba, PR, Brazil. METHODS: Data on 150 professional and non-professional practitioners of ballet, jazz and street dance were collected through specific questionnaires: Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form (BPI-SF), Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26), Bulimic Investigatory Test Edinburgh (BITE) and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-T-6 (STAI-T-6). RESULTS: Pain was observed in 58.6% of the sample, equally between professionals and amateurs (P = 0.19). Ballet dancers had more lower-limb pain than the other groups (P = 0.05). EAT-26 showed a tendency towards more eating disorders among the amateurs (P = 0.06). Higher risk of eating disorders was found among ballet dancers (P = 0.004) and jazz practitioners (P = 0.02) than among street dancers. Amateurs had more symptoms on the BITE scale (P < 0.0001), more pain (P = 0.002) and higher anxiety (P < 0.0001). Eating disorders were more common among females (P = 0.01) and singles (P = 0.02). Professionals were more satisfied with their own body image than amateurs (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Pain symptoms were found in almost half of the sample, equally among professionals and amateurs as well as between the three dance styles. Female and singles had more eating disorders. Those with eating disorders had higher levels of pain and anxiety.

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The Association of Body Image With Anthropometric Measures and Eating Disorders Among Students From University Sports Teams

International journal of epidemiologic research ◽

10.15171/ijer.2019.21 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 114-119

Author(s):

Nastaran Miri ◽

Mostafa Noroozi ◽

Rosa Zavoshy ◽

Neda Ezzeddin

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

Body Image ◽

Body Image Dissatisfaction ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Eating Attitudes ◽

The Body ◽

Anthropometric Measures ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Sports Teams ◽

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Background and aims: Body image is defined as a complex concept involving a person’s thoughts, feelings, and attitudes about his/her body. The body image dissatisfaction may expose the individuals, specifically athletes, to eating disorders (EDs). The aim of this study is to assess the association of body image score with EDs and anthropometric measures in students from university sports teams. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on 225 students from sports teams of Qazvin University in 2014. The samples were selected by the census method. The Multidimensional BodySelf Relations Questionnaire (MBSRQ), eating attitudes test (EAT-26) questionnaire, and demographic information questionnaire were used for collecting data. Anthropometric characteristics were also measured. The data were analyzed in SPSS software version 22.0. Results: The result of the study showed that the association of body image score with age (P=0.012, OR=0.80, CI=0.179, 1.437) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) (P=0.013, OR=-52.14, CI=-93.20, -11.08) was positively significant. Although the mean body image score was lower in students with EDs, it was not statistically significant. In addition, there was not a significant association between body image score and other variables such as marital status, gender, educational level, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and hip circumference (HC) (P>0.05). Conclusion: In this study, the body image had a positive significant association with age, and a negative significant one with WHtR. This may indicate that abdominal obesity plays an important role in body image satisfaction among students from the university sports teams.

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PREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS OF EATING DISORDERS AMONG STUDENTS IN TAIBA UNIVERSITY, SAUDI ARABIA: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine ◽

10.37268/mjphm/vol.19/no.1/art.80 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 172-176

Author(s):

Abdullah Hasan Alhazmi ◽

Abdulaziz Al Johani

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

High Risk ◽

Associated Factors ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Eating Attitude ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Attitude Test ◽

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This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the prevalence and associated factors of eating disorders among health specialties students in Taiba University. Stratified and systematic random sampling technique were employed to select 342 students. The validated Eating Attitude Test (EAT-26) was used to measure eating disorders. The majority aged ≤22 years (64.6%), 25.4% were overweight and 9.9% were obese. High risk eating disorders was reported by 28.7% of respondents. The majority had GPA of ≤2.49. High risk eating disorders was significantly higher among females (OR=2.6, 95%CI 1.6-4.2), among those aged ≤22 years (OR=2.2, 95%CI 2.2-3.8), among those who had a GPA more than 2.49 (OR=2.2, 95%CI 1.2-4.3) and among those who are obese compared to underweight (OR= 3.1,95% CI 1.6-9.0). In conclusion, high risk eating disorders was relatively high and it was associated with gender, BMI, age and GPA.

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Is Mindful Eating Higher in Individuals With Orthorexia Nervosa ?: A Cross-Sectional Study

10.21203/rs.3.rs-809815/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Büşra Demirer ◽

Hülya Yardımcı

Keyword(s):

Diagnostic Criteria ◽

Emotional Eating ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Eating Attitudes ◽

Orthorexia Nervosa ◽

Mindful Eating ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Level Of Evidence ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

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Abstract Purpose The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between mindful eating and Orthorexia Nervosa (ON) among adults and contribute to establishing ON diagnostic criteria. Methods In the current cross-sectional study, 105 females, 92 males (aged 19–64 years), were enrolled whose scores on the Orthorexia Nervosa Questionnaire-15 (ORTO-15) and the Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26) and SCOFF scales indicated a prevalence of ON and eating disorder risk. In addition, Mindful Eating Questionnaire (MEQ) was applied to participants to determine mindful eating. Results In participants with ON, the scores of emotional eating and conscious eating scores, which are MEQ sub-factors, and the total score of MEQ are higher than those who do not have ON (p < 0.05). There was a negative correlation between MEQ and ORTO-15 scores (r = -0.269; p < 0.01). In addition, the one-point increase in the ORTO-15 scores of the participants led to 0.094 decrease in MEQ scores (B = -0.094; SE = 0.021; p < 0.001) and 0.175 decrease in EAT-26 scores (B = -0.175; SE = 0.033; p < 0.001). Conclusions The data obtained from our study show that mindful eating of individuals with ON is higher than those who do not have ON and this is important in determining the diagnostic criteria of ON. Level of evidence: V, Cross-sectional descriptive study.

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Social and Psychosocial Factors Affecting Eating Habits Among University Students in Syria: A Cross-Sectional Study

10.21203/rs.3.rs-559421/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Homam Alolabi ◽

Mhd Obai Alchallah ◽

Fatema Mohsen ◽

Marah Marrawi ◽

Zaynab Alourfi

Keyword(s):

Young Adults ◽

University Students ◽

Psychosocial Factors ◽

Psychological Factors ◽

Dietary Habits ◽

Eating Habits ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Factors Associated

Abstract Background: Syrian eating habits are trending towards westernized patterns that are high in carbohydrates, fats, and meat. This accompanied by an increasingly sedentary lifestyle has affected young adults’ dietary habits. As a consequence, obesity and overweight young adults are significantly increasing in prevalence. This study aims to assess the pattern of eating habits and their relation with psychosocial factors among university students. The objective of this study is to identify factors associated with eating habits and psychological factors.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among Syrian Private University students using a self-administrated questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of 3 sections: socio-demographic characteristics, eating habits, and psychosocial factors. Hierarchical multivariate linear regression was used to obtain factors associated significantly with eating habit score and psychological factors.Results: Of 728 students included in the study 398 (54.7%) were females. Overweight and obese participants represented 154 (21.4%) and 49 (6.8%) respectively. 316 (43.4%) were smokers and 135 (18.5%) drank alcohol. Only 233 (32%) and 306 (42%) had meals and breakfast regularly respectively. Participants’ mean total of eating habits was 5.96 (SD ± 1.95). Multivariate analysis revealed smoking, exercising, living with family, and “eat because of feeling happy” were factors significantly associated with eating habits score and psychological factors (p<0.05). Conclusions: Most of the students demonstrated healthy eating habits. The identified socio-demographic factors associated with eating habits can be used to provide lifestyle modification advice via health promotion programs targeted at these specific groups.

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