Abnormal eating behaviors among medical students at a university in southern Santa Catarina, Brazil
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Resumo: | OBJECTIVES: Disturbances in eating behavior significantly affect young adults. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of abnormal eating behaviors, according to the Eating Attitudes Test - 26 (EAT-26) in medical students at a university in southern Santa Catarina State, Brazil. METHODS: Self-reported questionnaire, based on the EAT-26 scale, was administered to medical students. Additional questions about age, gender, study period of the course, weight and height were asked. A total of 391 medical students were assessed, amounting to 93.3 percent of the 419 students enrolled. RESULTS: Ten percent of the surveyed subjects had positive EAT-26 scores. This outcome measure was positive associated with females (PR 6.5), body mass index (BMI) ≤ 25 kg/m² (PR 4.5), age ≤ 20 years (PR 1.3) and being student from 1st to 5th semester of the course (PR 1.7). A higher proportion of women gave positive responses to behaviors related to control of food intake or weight loss than men. CONCLUSION: The significant prevalence of behaviors related to eating disorders, predominantly among women, suggests the implementation of preventive measures targeting this population. |
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Abnormal eating behaviors among medical students at a university in southern Santa Catarina, BrazilEating disordersEating behaviorMedical studentsOBJECTIVES: Disturbances in eating behavior significantly affect young adults. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of abnormal eating behaviors, according to the Eating Attitudes Test - 26 (EAT-26) in medical students at a university in southern Santa Catarina State, Brazil. METHODS: Self-reported questionnaire, based on the EAT-26 scale, was administered to medical students. Additional questions about age, gender, study period of the course, weight and height were asked. A total of 391 medical students were assessed, amounting to 93.3 percent of the 419 students enrolled. RESULTS: Ten percent of the surveyed subjects had positive EAT-26 scores. This outcome measure was positive associated with females (PR 6.5), body mass index (BMI) ≤ 25 kg/m² (PR 4.5), age ≤ 20 years (PR 1.3) and being student from 1st to 5th semester of the course (PR 1.7). A higher proportion of women gave positive responses to behaviors related to control of food intake or weight loss than men. CONCLUSION: The significant prevalence of behaviors related to eating disorders, predominantly among women, suggests the implementation of preventive measures targeting this population.Associação Brasileira de Educação Médica2013-03-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-55022013000100003Revista Brasileira de Educação Médica v.37 n.1 2013reponame:Revista Brasileira de Educação Médica (Online)instname:Associação Brasileira de Educação Médica (ABEM)instacron:ABEM10.1590/S0100-55022013000100003info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAlberton,Vivian ComelliDal-Bó,Márcio JoséPiovezan,Anna PaulaSilva,Rosemeri Maurici daeng2013-06-18T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0100-55022013000100003Revistahttp://www.educacaomedica.org.br/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phprevista@abem-educmed.org.br||revista@educacaomedica.org.br1981-52710100-5502opendoar:2013-06-18T00:00Revista Brasileira de Educação Médica (Online) - Associação Brasileira de Educação Médica (ABEM)false |
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Abnormal eating behaviors among medical students at a university in southern Santa Catarina, Brazil |
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Abnormal eating behaviors among medical students at a university in southern Santa Catarina, Brazil |
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Abnormal eating behaviors among medical students at a university in southern Santa Catarina, Brazil Alberton,Vivian Comelli Eating disorders Eating behavior Medical students |
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Abnormal eating behaviors among medical students at a university in southern Santa Catarina, Brazil |
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Abnormal eating behaviors among medical students at a university in southern Santa Catarina, Brazil |
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Abnormal eating behaviors among medical students at a university in southern Santa Catarina, Brazil |
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Abnormal eating behaviors among medical students at a university in southern Santa Catarina, Brazil |
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Abnormal eating behaviors among medical students at a university in southern Santa Catarina, Brazil |
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Alberton,Vivian Comelli |
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Alberton,Vivian Comelli Dal-Bó,Márcio José Piovezan,Anna Paula Silva,Rosemeri Maurici da |
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Dal-Bó,Márcio José Piovezan,Anna Paula Silva,Rosemeri Maurici da |
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Alberton,Vivian Comelli Dal-Bó,Márcio José Piovezan,Anna Paula Silva,Rosemeri Maurici da |
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Eating disorders Eating behavior Medical students |
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Eating disorders Eating behavior Medical students |
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OBJECTIVES: Disturbances in eating behavior significantly affect young adults. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of abnormal eating behaviors, according to the Eating Attitudes Test - 26 (EAT-26) in medical students at a university in southern Santa Catarina State, Brazil. METHODS: Self-reported questionnaire, based on the EAT-26 scale, was administered to medical students. Additional questions about age, gender, study period of the course, weight and height were asked. A total of 391 medical students were assessed, amounting to 93.3 percent of the 419 students enrolled. RESULTS: Ten percent of the surveyed subjects had positive EAT-26 scores. This outcome measure was positive associated with females (PR 6.5), body mass index (BMI) ≤ 25 kg/m² (PR 4.5), age ≤ 20 years (PR 1.3) and being student from 1st to 5th semester of the course (PR 1.7). A higher proportion of women gave positive responses to behaviors related to control of food intake or weight loss than men. CONCLUSION: The significant prevalence of behaviors related to eating disorders, predominantly among women, suggests the implementation of preventive measures targeting this population. |
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