PREVALENCE AND CORRELATES OF EATING DISORDERS AMONG COLLEGE STUDENT OF VARASTEGAN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE

Background and Aim: prevalence of eating disorders has increase dramatically over the last decades especially among young adult. This study aimed to examine the prevalence and Correlates of eating disorders among college student of Varastegan Institute for Medical Science.Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted using non-random sampling among 230 college student of Varastegan Institute for Medical Science. EAT-26 questionnaire were applied to assessment of Eating disorders. Analyses were conducted using SPSS version 11.5 at significant level of less than five percentResults: Mean score of Eat-26 was 10.50±7.8 and 10.4% of participants indicate concerns regarding their body weight, body shape, and eating. There were significant association between present weight (p=0.019), body mass index (p=0.008) , physical activity level (p=0.009) and eating disordersConclusion: Although our study suggested that the majority of the participant showed no eating disorder syndrome but as regards of the eating disorder’s effects on quality of life more research is needed.

کلیدواژه ها:

eating disorder ، body mass index ، physical activity level ، present weight