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- Title
Disturbed Eating Attitudes and Behaviors.
- Authors
Su-Jin Yang; Jae-Min Kim; Jin-Sang Yoon
- Abstract
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, anxiety, depression, and self-esteem. Results: Disturbed eating attitudes and behaviors were found in 7 percent of students. In the multivariate analyses, disturbed eating attitudes and behaviors were associated with the passive coping strategies, fear of being overweight, total behavioral difficulties, fourth grade, and high socioeconomic status (SES). Differences in the associations were found between boys and girls. There were significant associations between elevated EAT-26 scores and passive coping strategies, desired underweight body mass index (BMI), and low SES in boys; and between elevated EAT-26 scores and passive coping strategies, fear of being overweight, behavioral problems, being in the fourth grade, and high and low SES in girls. Conclusion: In South Korean children, disturbed eating attitudes and behaviors were associated with various psychological and sociocultural factors; some gender-related differences are also evident.
- Subjects
SOUTH Korea; FOOD habits; STUDENTS; CROSS-sectional method; QUESTIONNAIRES; MULTIVARIATE analysis; OBESITY; BODY mass index
- Publication
Yonsei Medical Journal, 2010, Vol 51, Issue 3, p302
- ISSN
0513-5796
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3349/ymj.2010.51.3.302