disordered eating attitudes among university students in kuwait: the role of gender and obesity

background: this study aimed to highlight the proportion of disordered eating attitudes among university students in kuwait by gender and obesity. methods: a sample of 530 kuwaiti university students was selected from four universities in kuwait (203 men and 327 women). the eating attitudes test‑26 was used to determine disordered eating attitudes. results: the prevalence of disordered eating attitudes was 31.8% and 33.6% among men and women respectively. obese students of both genders had doubled the risk of disordered eating attitudes compared to nonobese students (odds ratio 1.99 and 1.98, respectively). conclusions: about one third of university students in kuwait had disordered eating attitudes. there is an urgent need to prevent and treat disordered eating attitudes in university students in kuwait.