Disordered Eating Attitudes Among University Students in Kuwait: The Role of Gender and Obesity

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to highlight the proportion of disordered eating attitudes among university students in Kuwait by gender and obesity. METHODS: A sample of 530 Kuwaiti university students was selected from four universities in Kuwait (203 men and 327 women). The eating attitudes test-26...

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Autores principales: Musaiger, Abdulrahman O., Al-Kandari, Fawzia I., Al-Mannai, Mariam, Al-Faraj, Alaa M., Bouriki, Fajer A., Shehab, Fatima S., Al-Dabous, Lulwa A., Al-Qalaf, Wassin B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4837792/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27141286
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2008-7802.180413
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: This study aimed to highlight the proportion of disordered eating attitudes among university students in Kuwait by gender and obesity. METHODS: A sample of 530 Kuwaiti university students was selected from four universities in Kuwait (203 men and 327 women). The eating attitudes test-26 was used to determine disordered eating attitudes. RESULTS: The prevalence of disordered eating attitudes was 31.8% and 33.6% among men and women respectively. Obese students of both genders had doubled the risk of disordered eating attitudes compared to nonobese students (odds ratio 1.99 and 1.98, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: About one third of university students in Kuwait had disordered eating attitudes. There is an urgent need to prevent and treat disordered eating attitudes in university students in Kuwait.

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