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OBJECTIVE: To assess the eating attitudes and behaviours of the Cypriot adolescent population at national level, and evaluate secular trends between 2003 and 2010. STUDY DESIGN: A representative sample of children and adolescents aged 10-18 years participated in a school-based, cross-sectional study during the academic years 2003-2004 and 2009-2010. METHODS: Participants completed the Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26) and Eating Disorder Inventory-3 (EDI-3) questionnaires at school. RESULTS: Almost one in three females and one in five males scored above normal (≥20) on the EAT-26. No change in the frequency of pathological scoring was found for the drive for thinness or body dissatisfaction subscales of the EDI-3 between 2003 and 2010. However, there was a significant increase in the frequency of pathological scoring for the bulimia subscale for both genders. Females consistently scored higher than males on most scales. CONCLUSION: Disordered eating attitudes are common, with a worrisome increasing trend in bulimia among adolescents in Cyprus. There is an urgent need for intervention.
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Conducta del Adolescente/psicología , Bulimia/epidemiología , Conducta Alimentaria , Adolescente , Actitud Frente a la Salud , Niño , Chipre/epidemiología , Femenino , Estudios de Seguimiento , Humanos , MasculinoRESUMEN
Increasing rates of overweight and eating disorders among young people are a concern. The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence of overweight/obesity among Cypriot adolescents between cohorts from 2003 and 2010 and to determine whether body mass index (BMI) was associated with psychological traits linked to eating disorders. Anthropometric measures were done on a representative sample of students aged 10-18 years and the Eating Disorder Inventory-3rd version (EDI-3) and 26-item Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) scales were completed by 13-18-year-olds. Mean waist circumference of the 2010 cohort of 10-18-year-olds was 3.6 cm higher in boys and 5.5 cm higher in girls than the 2003 cohort. Mean BMI was higher in 2010 only in the 16-18-year-old age group. More adolescents on the higher end of the weight spectrum had pathological scores n the eating disorder scales. Obesity and maladaptive eating attitudes are common in Cypriot adolescents.
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Trastornos de Alimentación y de la Ingestión de Alimentos/epidemiología , Trastornos de Alimentación y de la Ingestión de Alimentos/psicología , Obesidad/epidemiología , Obesidad/psicología , Adolescente , Factores de Edad , Imagen Corporal , Índice de Masa Corporal , Pesos y Medidas Corporales , Niño , Estudios de Cohortes , Chipre/epidemiología , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Sobrepeso/epidemiología , Sobrepeso/psicología , Prevalencia , Autoimagen , Factores SexualesRESUMEN
Increasing rates of overweight and eating disorders among young people are a concern. The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence of overweight/obesity among Cypriot adolescents between cohorts from 2003 and 2010 and to determine whether body mass index [BMI] was associated with psychological traits linked to eating disorders. Anthropometric measures were done on a representative sample of students aged 10-18 years and the Eating Disorder Inventory-3rd version [EDI-3] and 26-item Eating Attitudes Test [EAT-26] scales were completed by 13-18-year-olds. Mean waist circumference of the 2010 cohort of 10-18-year-olds was 3.6 cm higher in boys and 5.5 cm higher in girls than the 2003 cohort. Mean BMI was higher in 2010 only in the 16-18-year-old age group. More adolescents on the higher end of the weight spectrum had pathological scores on the eating disorder scales. Obesity and maladaptive eating attitudes are common in Cypriot adolescents
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Psicología , Trastornos de Alimentación y de la Ingestión de Alimentos , Adolescente , Sobrepeso , Índice de Masa Corporal , Antropometría , ObesidadRESUMEN
Increasing rates of overweight and eating disorders among young people are a concern. The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence of overweight/obesity among Cypriot adolescents between cohorts from 2003 and 2010 and to determine whether body mass index [BMI] was associated with psychological traits linked to eating disorders. Anthropometric measures were done on a representative sample of students aged 10-18 years and the Eating Disorder Inventory-3rd version [EDI-3] and 26-item Eating Attitudes Test [EAT-26] scales were completed by 13-18-year-olds. Mean waist circumference of the 2010 cohort of 10-18-year-olds was 3.6 cm higher in boys and 5.5 cm higher in girls than the 2003 cohort. Mean BMI was higher in 2010 only in the 16-18-year-old age group. More adolescents on the higher end of the weight spectrum had pathological scores on the eating disorder scales. Obesity and maladaptive eating attitudes are common in Cypriot adolescents