Global changes in eating attitudes were examined prospectively across pregnancy and 4 months postpartum in a sample of 90 women. In addition, specific changes in dieting behavior and weight/shape satisfaction were assessed at 4 months postpartum for concurrent and retrospective time points. Measures included the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) and weight/shape satisfaction in pregnancy and at 4 mon...

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 a...

BACKGROUND This longitudinal community study investigated the role of individual risk factors in early childhood (before age five) for the development of eating problems in adolescence. Nine hundred twenty-one mothers completed the first questionnaire when their child was 1.5 years old, and again when their child was 2.5 (n = 784) and 4.5 (n = 737) years old. Three hundred seventy-three of thes...

The purpose of this study was to determine whether differences exist in eating attitudes and behaviors of vegetarian and nonvegetarian college women. The Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) and a questionnaire were used to gather information on eating attitudes and behaviors of 143 female college students. Thirty participants were self-reported vegetarians, and 113 participants were nonvegetarians. The...

conclusions psychological status, self-esteem, economic level, and place of residence of nursing students may be the potential factors for eating disorders. results about 30.0% of turkish nursing students had negative eating attitudes. there was a significant positive correlation between the bds and eat scores (p < 0.001). there was a significant negative correlation between rses scores and eat...

BACKGROUND Although score reliability is a sample-dependent characteristic, researchers often only report reliability estimates from previous studies as justification for employing particular questionnaires in their research. The present study followed reliability generalization procedures to determine the mean score reliability of the Eating Disorder Inventory and its most commonly employed su...

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...

OBJECTIVE the purpose of this study is to assess the current status of disordered eating attitudes and its related factors among University students in Anhui province, and to provide a basis for health intervention. METHODS this is a cross-sectional study. The University students admitted to the routine health exams were included in current study, and completed self-administered questionnaire...