Eating Attitudes Related to the Nutritional Status of University Girls in Peshawar Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Journal Title: Journal of Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Eating attitudes toward food may have an effect on overall health and contribute to cultural differences in non-communicable diseases. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 250 University girls in Peshawar to investigate eating attitude in relation to nutritional status. Girls were assessed in personal regarding eating attitude, anthropometric, dietary and biochemical indices. Based on Eating Attitude Test (EAT-26) scales, girls with and without eating disorders (anorexic and non-anorexic groups) were identified. In SPSS, An independent t-test and chisquare test were used to evaluate association between anemia and risk factors. Point-biserial and Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient showed positive association of EAT-26 and body image score with Body Mass Index (BMI), Waist Circumference (WC), Waist to Hip Ratio (WHR), Total Body Fat (TBF) and Visceral Body Fat (VBF) while negative correlation with Hemoglobin (Hb) (p<0.01). In the logistic regression analysis, two major dietary patterns, healthy (49%) and (51%) unhealthy were identified. Anorexic girls were 69 (27.6%) and non-anorexic 181 (72.4%). Means weight, BMI, WC, WHR, TBF and VBF of the non-anorexic group were significantly lower than those of anorexic groups (p<0.05). Based on BMI and WC, more anorexic girls were found overweight and obese in comparison to the rest (p<0.05). Risk factors associated with anemia included underweight, poor eating attitude, anxiety/depression and stress; supplements not using and unhealthy dietary pattern. The study concluded that University girls are at higher risk for getting eating disorders which may lead to both acute and chronic health problems.
Authors and Affiliations
Falak Zeb
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP302440
- DOI 10.4172/2472-1921.100042
- Views 45
- Downloads 0
Food Refusal in Children
Nowadays, children are on the binges where they want to eat what they want. They are becoming picky eaters and eating only certain food. They are refusing to eat good food. Food refusal need not be considered a medical i...
Vitamin A and Related Compounds in the Prenatal and Postnatal States: A MaternalNeonate Focused Review
Background: It is generally accepted that vitamin A is critical to fetal and infant development. However, vitamin A has many related compounds, including lutein, carotenes, and lycopene, and recent evidence has shown the...
Relationship between Various Food Uptakes and Body Mass Index (BMI) in Japanese Young and Old Men and Women
Background: Sucrose and sweet beverage uptakes have been implicated to be one of causes of obesity. We wanted to know if any food uptake may be related to increase in Body Mass Index (BMI) in healthy young and old men an...
Iron Overload Effect on Serum Levels of Glucose, Insulin and HOMA-IR was Ifluenced by the Type of Fat in Female Sprague-Dawley Rats Fed High-Fat-Diets
Objective: This study was conducted to examine the effect of iron supplementation on serum levels of glucose, insulin and HOMA-IR, and to examine the histological iron deposition in tissue in female Sprague-Dawley rats f...
Is Control of Obesity Hidden in Catecholamine Metabolizing Enzyme Renalase?
Obesity is an underlying situation for both cardiovascular diseases and metabolic diseases such as diabetes, and it is a serious public health problem with an increasing incidence worldwide [1,2]. When genetic factors ar...