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Maternal Bonding as a Protective Factor for Orthorexia Nervosa Risk in Dietetics Students
This study aimed to determine the prevalence of the risk of orthorexia nervosa (ON) in dietetics students in Greece, and its relationship with diet, risk of eating disorder (ED), body mass index (BMI), body image flexibility, and parental attachment. The participants were 132 dietetics students, wit...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10460006/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37630767 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15163577 |
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author | Athanasaki, Dafni Lakoumentas, John Milani, Gregorio Paolo Agostoni, Carlo Berghea, Florian Ionescu, Marcela Daniela Vassilopoulou, Emilia |
author_facet | Athanasaki, Dafni Lakoumentas, John Milani, Gregorio Paolo Agostoni, Carlo Berghea, Florian Ionescu, Marcela Daniela Vassilopoulou, Emilia |
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description | This study aimed to determine the prevalence of the risk of orthorexia nervosa (ON) in dietetics students in Greece, and its relationship with diet, risk of eating disorder (ED), body mass index (BMI), body image flexibility, and parental attachment. The participants were 132 dietetics students, with a mean age of 22.94 ± 3.5 years, who completed a series of questionnaires that recorded sociodemographic, clinical, and anthropometric characteristics; adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet); ON indicators as determined by the ORTO-15 questionnaire; body image flexibility, with the Body Image-Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (BI-AAQ-5); the risk for ED as assessed using the EAT-26; anxiety level according to the STAIT 6 instrument; and recollection of their parents’ attitudes towards them during the first 16 years of life, with the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI). ON risk appeared to be significantly associated with BMI (p = 0.002), exercise frequency (p = 0.023), anxiety level (p = 0.002), risk of ED (p < 0.001), body image inflexibility (p < 0.001), and inversely with the affectionate constraint of maternal bonding (p = 0.036). In conclusion, disordered eating behaviors and body shape concerns are prevalent among dietetics students, with parental attachment to the mother influencing their occurrence. Identification of potential ON and development of prevention mechanisms during childhood could help eliminate these concerns and improve the lives of dietetics students. |
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spelling | pubmed-104600062023-08-27 Maternal Bonding as a Protective Factor for Orthorexia Nervosa Risk in Dietetics Students Athanasaki, Dafni Lakoumentas, John Milani, Gregorio Paolo Agostoni, Carlo Berghea, Florian Ionescu, Marcela Daniela Vassilopoulou, Emilia Nutrients Article This study aimed to determine the prevalence of the risk of orthorexia nervosa (ON) in dietetics students in Greece, and its relationship with diet, risk of eating disorder (ED), body mass index (BMI), body image flexibility, and parental attachment. The participants were 132 dietetics students, with a mean age of 22.94 ± 3.5 years, who completed a series of questionnaires that recorded sociodemographic, clinical, and anthropometric characteristics; adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet); ON indicators as determined by the ORTO-15 questionnaire; body image flexibility, with the Body Image-Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (BI-AAQ-5); the risk for ED as assessed using the EAT-26; anxiety level according to the STAIT 6 instrument; and recollection of their parents’ attitudes towards them during the first 16 years of life, with the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI). ON risk appeared to be significantly associated with BMI (p = 0.002), exercise frequency (p = 0.023), anxiety level (p = 0.002), risk of ED (p < 0.001), body image inflexibility (p < 0.001), and inversely with the affectionate constraint of maternal bonding (p = 0.036). In conclusion, disordered eating behaviors and body shape concerns are prevalent among dietetics students, with parental attachment to the mother influencing their occurrence. Identification of potential ON and development of prevention mechanisms during childhood could help eliminate these concerns and improve the lives of dietetics students. MDPI 2023-08-14 /pmc/articles/PMC10460006/ /pubmed/37630767 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15163577 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Athanasaki, Dafni Lakoumentas, John Milani, Gregorio Paolo Agostoni, Carlo Berghea, Florian Ionescu, Marcela Daniela Vassilopoulou, Emilia Maternal Bonding as a Protective Factor for Orthorexia Nervosa Risk in Dietetics Students |
title | Maternal Bonding as a Protective Factor for Orthorexia Nervosa Risk in Dietetics Students |
title_full | Maternal Bonding as a Protective Factor for Orthorexia Nervosa Risk in Dietetics Students |
title_fullStr | Maternal Bonding as a Protective Factor for Orthorexia Nervosa Risk in Dietetics Students |
title_full_unstemmed | Maternal Bonding as a Protective Factor for Orthorexia Nervosa Risk in Dietetics Students |
title_short | Maternal Bonding as a Protective Factor for Orthorexia Nervosa Risk in Dietetics Students |
title_sort | maternal bonding as a protective factor for orthorexia nervosa risk in dietetics students |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10460006/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37630767 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15163577 |
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