Analysis of eating attitudes in a sample of adolescents from Sevilla

作者：Jauregui Lobera Ignacio; Romero Candau Juan; Montana Gonzalez Maria Teresa; Morales Millan Maria Teresa; Vargas Sanchez Nuria; Leon Lozano Pilar

来源：Medicina Clinica, 2009, 132(3): 83-88.

DOI：10.1016/j.medcli.2008.07.001

• Eating behaviour
• Eating attitudes
• Adolescents
• Anorexia nervosa

Background and objective: Studies in communitarian samples are the most used for detection of eating disorders. We analyze the presence of these disorders in a sample of teenagers in Seville.
Population and method: Two questionnaires were applied, both internationally recognized for this type of analysis (EAT-40 and SCOFF), to 318 students, male and female, 12-18 years old. The prevalence of disorders was analyzed according to the cut-off point of the tests, the differences between men and women, the evolution according to age and the correlation between both instruments.
Results: We found that 22.8% individuals had significant scores in the SCOFF and 9.43% in the EAT-40. Among men and women, the differences turned out to be significant (6.66% and 2.66% in SCOFF and EAT-40 for male students; 29.66% and 15.47% for female). There was a positive correlation between the SCOFF scores and the age of the students, and we observed a "tip value" in 12 years old men, the only age at which they surpassed women in the percentage of positives with both tests.
Conclusions: We found a prevalence of eating disorders that as higher than reported in other Studies of the 80-90 s. This seems to indicate that we are attending a greater presence of risk behaviours, slightly more in women. The concordance between the 2 instruments is adequate, and they are useful for the screening of eating disorders, although a confirmation structured interview is necessary.

• 出版日期2009-1-31