Disordered eating attitudes: demographic and clinico-anthropometric correlates among a sample of Nigerian students
| Autor: | Motunrayo A Oyelohunnu, Olatunji F. Aina, AA Akinbode, T F Suleiman, Andrew T Olagunju, Babatunde Fadipe |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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| Zdroj: | African Health Sciences; Vol 17, No 2 (2017); 513-523 |
| ISSN: | 1680-6905 |
| Popis: | Objectives: We set out in this study to determine the demographic and clinico-anthropometric correlates of disordered eating attitudes among undergraduate students of two higher institutions in Lagos, Nigeria. Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted among 1,054 participants after written informed consent. A socio-demographic questionnaire, the Eating Attitude Test (EAT-26) and 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) were administered to the participants. In addition, their blood pressure, height and weight were measured, and body mass index (BMI) was calculated. Results: The study participants comprised of 561(55.6%) males with median age of 21.4 years. The mean (±SD) score on EAT-26 was 11.52(±8.54), and 16% of all the respondents were categorized as having disordered eating attitude. A significant relationship was found between disordered eating attitude and age ( p = 0.027), gender ( p = |
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