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- Title
PREVALENCE OF EATING DISORDERS AMONG 10-19-YEAR-OLDS IN PÄRNU.
- Authors
Medar, Marju; Õun, Kandela; Vender, Kristi
- Abstract
In today's society, there is a widespread belief that being overweight is a symbol of illness and ugliness, and that being slim represents health, beauty and success. This attitude markedly increases the number of young people whose self-esteem depends significantly on appearance and weight alone and therefore creates an impulse for early eating disorders. Eating disorders do not affect the whole of society, but this does not lessen the seriousness of the problem. The aim of this paper is to examine the distribution of eating disorders in the town of Pärnu, Estonia. According to the statements posed and the analysis carried out, it can be said that the eating habits of a number of young people between the ages of 10 and 19 are very similar and several of them, girls especially, could develop an eating disorder. The results of quantitative research among 594 young people aged 10-19 showed that 36% of girls in Pärnu had some kind of eating disorder and the most common of the two main types of disorder was anorexia. As eating disorders are a hidden problem in society, the percentage could actually be even higher. If the problem is not dealt with, it can lead to more serious results.
- Subjects
PARNU (Estonia); ESTONIA; EATING disorders; YOUTH; OVERWEIGHT persons; SELF-esteem; FOOD habits; APPETITE loss
- Publication
Papers on Anthropology, 2006, Vol 15, p124
- ISSN
1406-0140
- Publication type
Article