Eating attitudes and its relationship with nutritional status: a micro level study on a group of adolescent girls in the city of Howrah, West Bengal.
Int J Adolesc Med Health
; 30(4)2017 Jan 07.
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| ID: mdl-28063258
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
To assess the relationship between eating attitudes and nutritional status.METHODS:
This cross-sectional study was conducted among 400 adolescent girls (258 aged 14-17 years and 142 aged 18-21 years) from the city of Howrah, West Bengal. Eating attitude was measured using eating distress syndrome (EDS) questionnaire. Nutritional status was assessed using body mass index, waist-hip ratio (WHR) and body fat percentage (BF%).RESULTS:
Participants with disordered eating attitudes revealed significantly higher values for body mass index (BMI), WHR and BF% than those with normal eating attitudes (p≤0.01). Hierarchical linear regression analyses show that eating attitudes and socio-demographic characteristics (like mothers' education and occupation, age and birth order of the participants) significantly predict nutritional status.CONCLUSION:
The nutritional status of adolescents depends on their eating attitudes and socio-demographic characteristics.
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Collection:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Language:
En
Journal:
Int J Adolesc Med Health
Journal subject:
PEDIATRIA
Year:
2017
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
India