Exploration of Eating Disorders, Nutritional and Health Status Based on Eating Attitude Test-26 amongst University Adolescent Girls

Eating attitudes in adolescent girls.

INTRODUCTION Eating disorders are more common in women; especially adolescent girls are at risk. Our objective was to assess whether the adolescent girls were satisfied with their present physical appearance and weight and to analyze their views about their appearance. SUBJECTS AND METHODS The survey was conducted among female adolescents, aged 16-17, in all secondary schools in Banjaluka, us...

Self Injurious Behavior in Adolescent Girls with Eating Disorders

Finding a Model to Predict Anxiety-Based Eating Behaviors with Self-Esteem Interventions in Adolescent Girls

The present research, which is of the basic-applied kind, has aimed to find a model for predicting anxiety-based eating behaviors with self-esteem interventions in adolescent girls. The statistical population consisted of all female senior high school students in the city of Tehran during the school year 2019-2020, 461 of whom were selected as the sample. Clustered sampling was used as the samp...

Nutritional supplements in eating disorders.

Eating disorders (EDs) are a series of differentiated nosological entities sharing the common link of a continuous alteration in food intake or in food intake-related behavior. Within this classification, the following disorders are noteworthy: anorexia nerviosa (AN) and bulimia nerviosa (BN). Anorexia nervosa is a chronic disorder characterized mainly by negative or decreased food intake accom...

Tendency toward Weight Loss among Iranian Adolescent Girls: Study on Perceived Weight, Ideal Body Mass Index and Attitude toward Eating Disorders

Background Adolescents’ perception of their weight is a strong factor in shaping dietary habits and weight control and management. Among non-overweight and overweight adolescents, both overestimation and underestimation of weight status are associated with harmful effects. This study aimed to examine the relationship between perceived weight and attitude toward eating disorders among adolescent...