BACKGROUND Both patients and government expect the GP to treat obesity. Previous studies reported a negative attitude of GPs towards this task. Little is known about the attitude of GP trainees. OBJECTIVES To assess the attitude and other factors that influence the willingness and ability of GP trainees to provide lifestyle interventions for overweight patients. METHODS A qualitative study ...

BACKGROUND/AIMS There is no available data on factors associated with healthcare-seeking behavior for functional dyspepsia (FD) symptoms at ei-ther tertiary or primary clinics in Japan. Therefore, we aimed to compare clinical symptoms and life styles such as sleep dis-orders and eating attitude in FD patients visiting general practitioners at primary clinics with those consulting gastro-enterol...

OBJECTIVE Although the cross-cultural prevalence of anorexia and bulimia nervosa has been investigated in multiple studies, little is known about the prevalence and correlates of binge eating and binge eating disorder (BED) cross-culturally. No published studies to date have explored BED in small-scale, indigenous, or developing societies. The current study investigated the prevalence and corre...

PURPOSE This study was designed to assess the prevalence and correlates of disturbed eating attitudes and behaviors in South Korean students. MATERIALS AND METHODS In a cross-sectional survey, 2,226 fourth and seventh grade students filled out questionnaires on eating attitudes and behaviors (Eating Attitude Test -26, EAT-26), coping strategies, fear of being overweight, behavioral problems, ...

BACKGROUND Disordered eating attitudes are contributing factors to the development of eating disorders. Adolescent girls are at high risk for eating diseases. In Iran, there is few data on the subject, especially in Azarian adolescent girls, so we did this study for assessing disordered eating attitudes and their correlates among Iranian Azarbaijani high school girls. METHODS In a cross-secti...

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The appropriate form, regularity, and intensity of exercise for individuals recovering from eating disorders is not agreed upon among health care professionals or researchers. When permitted, it that which mindful, embodied, non-competitive considered normative. Using Canguilhem’s concepts “the normal the pathological” as a theoretical frame, we examine gendered assumptions shape medical unders...

PURPOSE Individual psychological factors such as mental conditions and self-esteem and family relational factors are thought to be predisposing factors in the development of eating disorders. In this study, we conducted a survey of 12-15 year-old public junior high school students to extract factors related to abnormal eating behavior and determine what information could be used by schools to p...

BACKGROUND In this study, we aimed to assess the eating attitudes and stress coping styles of parents whose children presented to the clinic complaining of food refusal. METHODS The parents of 31 children aged ≥3 years, presented to the clinic with the complaint of food refusal. The control group consisted of 30 healthy children with no prior history of food refusal, and their parents. In bot...

Characteristics of family mealtimes are associated with disordered eating behaviours. However, little is known about the relationships between characteristics of family mealtimes and disordered eating attitudes, or how symptoms of anxiety or depression may contribute to these relationships. This study therefore aimed to examine differences between adolescent girls and boys in the relationship b...