Disordered eating in three different age groups in Cyprus: a comparative cross-sectional study

Autor: Unna N. Danner, Charalambos Hadjigeorgiou, Barbara F. Thumann, Nathalie Michels, Sara Estecha Querol, Antonia Solea, Anna Keski-Rahkonen, Paola Russo, Valeria Pala
Přispěvatelé: University of Helsinki, Clinicum
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
Předmět:
Male
050103 clinical psychology
Cross-sectional study
Overweight
0302 clinical medicine
EPIDEMIOLOGY
030212 general & internal medicine
Young adult
Child
2. Zero hunger
05 social sciences
WOMEN
Eating Attitudes Test-26
General Medicine
Middle Aged
Adulthood
3142 Public health care science
environmental and occupational health
PREVALENCE
BODY DISSATISFACTION
OBESITY
Female
Public Health
medicine.symptom
Dieting
Oral control
Adult
Bulimia and food preoccupation
Adolescent
ADOLESCENT GIRLS
BEHAVIORS
Feeding and Eating Disorders
03 medical and health sciences
Age Distribution
medicine
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Disordered eating
OVERWEIGHT
Binge eating
business.industry
Environmental and Occupational Health
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
medicine.disease
Obesity
ATTITUDES TEST
Cross-Sectional Studies
Cyprus
WEIGHT
business
Body mass index
Demography
Zdroj: Public Health, 162, 104. Elsevier
Public health (Lond.) 162 (2018): 104–110. doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2018.05.024
info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Hadjigeorgiou, Charalambos; Solea, Antonia; Estecha Querol, Sara; Keski-Rahkonen, Anna; Michels, Nathalie; Russo, Paola; Thumann, Barbara Franziska; Pala, Valeria; Danner, Unna/titolo:Disordered eating in three different age groups in Cyprus: a comparative cross-sectional study/doi:10.1016%2Fj.puhe.2018.05.024/rivista:Public health (Lond.)/anno:2018/pagina_da:104/pagina_a:110/intervallo_pagine:104–110/volume:162
ISSN: 0033-3506
Popis: Objective: to assess eating attitudes and behaviours across different age groups in a Cypriot non-clinical population sample. Method: The study consisted of participants aged 12 years and older partaking in the I.Family Study in Cyprus. 1716 participants with data on gender, age, BMI and EAT-26 questionnaire were included in the analyses and divided according to age: adolescence (12-18), young adulthood (25-45) and middle adulthood (45-60). Results: Across all age groups women had higher scores on the EAT-26 compared to men. On EAT-26 subscales of dieting and oral control, mean scores for men were higher among older age groups compared to adolescents whereas no difference was found for the bulimia and food preoccupation subscales. In women EAT-26 and dieting subscale scores were higher in young and middle adulthood compared to adolescence. Men and women in young adulthood had the highest number of participants with EAT-26 scores >= 20. Additionally, 12% of women between 25-45 years of age reported using laxatives, diet pills or diuretics as weight control measures. Exercise was the most frequent weight control measure utilized across all age groups. BMI was the strongest predictor of EAT-26 scores: The more participants deviated from a normal BMI to overweight and obese categories, the more likely they were to have disordered eating attitudes and behaviours. Conclusion: unhealthy eating patterns in non-clinical Cypriot participants are not only confined to adolescence but adulthood as well. Research directions should focus on use of more objective measures of eating disorder risk in Cypriot adults with consideration of gender specific motivations underlying disordered eating behaviours.
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