Disordered Eating Attitudes and Their Association with Age, BMI, Stress, and Diet in College Students
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Sample
2.2. Recruitment and Screening Process
2.3. Assessments
2.4. Statistical Plan
3. Results
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Median (25th and 75th) |
---|---|
Age (years) | 21.0 (20.0 and 22.0) |
Gender | |
Female | 121 (86.4) |
Male | 19 (13.6) |
Race | |
White | 58 (41.4) |
Black | 15 (10.7) |
Asian | 15 (10.7) |
Mixed | 4 (2.9) |
Ethnicity | |
Hispanic/Latino | 43 (30.7) |
Non-Hispanic | 97 (69.3) |
Household income | |
<USD 50,000 | 72 (51.4) |
USD 50,000–USD 75,000 | 25 (17.9) |
USD 75,000–USD 100,000 | 17 (12.1) |
>USD 100,000 | 26 (18.6) |
Stress level | 7.00 (6.00 and 8.00) |
BMI (kg/m2) | 28.5 (26.2, 33.8) |
DEAS 1 | 86.0 (73.0 and 102.0) |
Snack intake per day | 2.0 (2.0 and 3.0) |
Snack frequency per week | 6.0 (5.0 and 7.0) |
Snack Score | 2.65 (2.4 and 2.8) |
HEI-2015 score | 53.5 (46.13 and 61.87) |
Scale | Age | Stress | BMI | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R | p Value | R | p Value | R | p Value | |
Relationship with food | −0.027 | 0.754 | 0.352 | <0.001 | 0.288 | 0.001 |
Concern about food and weight gain | 0.035 | 0.690 | 0.194 | 0.023 | 0.027 | 0.751 |
Restrictive and compensatory behaviors | −0.079 | 0.360 | 0.327 | <0.001 | 0.012 | 0.894 |
Feelings toward eating | 0.116 | 0.178 | 0.116 | 0.177 | 0.108 | 0.210 |
Idea of normal eating | 0.075 | 0.387 | 0.022 | 0.799 | 0.077 | 0.274 |
Total DEAS | −0.024 | 0.777 | 0.317 | <0.001 | 0.193 | 0.025 |
Snack Intake per Day | Snack Intake per Week | Snack Score | HEI-2015 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R | p Value | R | p Value | R | p Value | R | p Value | |
Relationship with food | 0.148 | 0.086 | −0.002 | 0.984 | −0.108 | 0.234 | −0.191 | 0.026 |
Concern about food and weight gain | 0.032 | 0.713 | −0.114 | 0.186 | 0.081 | 0.376 | −0.042 | 0.631 |
Restrictive and compensatory behaviors | 0.116 | 0.179 | −0.014 | 0.992 | −0.064 | 0.485 | −0.017 | 0.846 |
Feelings toward eating | −0.023 | 0.789 | −0.096 | 0.868 | −0.111 | 0.223 | −0.056 | 0.518 |
Idea of normal eating | 0.044 | 0.614 | −0.009 | 0.913 | 0.092 | 0.315 | −0.147 | 0.087 |
Total DEAS | 0.105 | 0.223 | −0.040 | 0.643 | −0.074 | 0.415 | −0.183 | 0.033 |
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Sifre, N.; Deringer, R.; Prapkree, L.; Palacios, C. Disordered Eating Attitudes and Their Association with Age, BMI, Stress, and Diet in College Students. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21, 766. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21060766
Sifre N, Deringer R, Prapkree L, Palacios C. Disordered Eating Attitudes and Their Association with Age, BMI, Stress, and Diet in College Students. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2024; 21(6):766. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21060766
Chicago/Turabian StyleSifre, Niliarys, Rianna Deringer, Lukkamol Prapkree, and Cristina Palacios. 2024. "Disordered Eating Attitudes and Their Association with Age, BMI, Stress, and Diet in College Students" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 21, no. 6: 766. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21060766