Association of Dietary Habits with Eating Disorders among Latvian Youth Aged 18–24
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Participants
2.3. SCOFF Questionnaire
2.4. EDE-Q-6 Questionnaire
2.5. Canadian Food Intake Screener
2.6. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Results of the SCOFF Questionnaire
3.2. Statistical Analysis EDE-Q-6 Questionnaire
3.3. Correlation between Adults’ Dietary Intake and Eating Disorder Severity
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Subscales | Mean Score ± Standard Deviation |
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Restraint | 2.02 ± 1.21 |
Eating concern | 2.18 ± 1.75 |
Weight concern | 2.68 ± 1.36 |
Shape concern | 2.93 ± 1.44 |
Global score | 2.00 ± 1.81 |
Questions | H1 * | Dominant Response |
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Have you been deliberately trying to limit the amount of food you eat to influence your shape or weight? | p = 0.001 | 1–5 days |
Have you gone for long periods of time without eating anything at all in order to influence your shape or weight? | p = 0.001 | No days |
Have you tried to exclude from your diet any foods that you like in order to influence your shape or weight? | p = 0.001 | 1–5 days |
Have you tried to follow definite rules regarding your eating in order to influence your shape or weight? | p = 0.001 | 1–5 days |
Have you had a definite desire to have an empty stomach with the aim of influencing your shape or weight? | p = 0.001 | No days |
Have you had a definite desire to have a totally flat stomach? | p = 0.001 | No days |
Has thinking about food, eating or calories made it very difficult to concentrate on things you are interested in? | p = 0.001 | Every day |
Has thinking about shape or weight made it very difficult to concentrate on things you are interested in? | p = 0.001 | No days |
Have you had a definite fear of losing control over eating? | p = 0.001 | Every day |
Have you had a definite fear that you might gain weight? | p = 0.001 | Every day |
Have you felt fat? | p = 0.001 | Every day |
Have you had a strong desire to lose weight? | p = 0.001 | Every day |
Over the past 28 days, on how many days have you eaten in secret? | p = 0.001 | No days |
On what proportion of the times that you have eaten have you felt guilty because of its effect on your shape or weight? | p = 0.001 | No days |
Over the past 28 days, how concerned have you been about other people seeing you eat? | p = 0.001 | No days |
Indicators | Correlation Coefficient | Coefficient of Determination, R2 |
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Healthy Eating Index and ED severity | r = −0.53 | 0.2837 |
ED severity and consumption of vegetables and fruits | r = −0.48 | 0.2257 |
ED severity and consumption of whole grain foods | r = −0.58 | 0.3393 |
ED severity and consumption of protein foods | r = −0.55 | 0.3029 |
ED severity and consumption of plant-based protein foods | r = −0.53 | 0.2827 |
ED severity and consumption of unsaturated oils | r = −0.55 | 0.2984 |
ED severity and consumption of foods and beverages high in sugars | r = −0.61 | 0.1524 |
ED severity and consumption of foods high in sodium/saturated fat | r = −0.50 | 0.2474 |
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Gellere, I.; Beitane, I. Association of Dietary Habits with Eating Disorders among Latvian Youth Aged 18–24. Behav. Sci. 2024, 14, 766. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14090766
Gellere I, Beitane I. Association of Dietary Habits with Eating Disorders among Latvian Youth Aged 18–24. Behavioral Sciences. 2024; 14(9):766. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14090766
Chicago/Turabian StyleGellere, Inna, and Ilze Beitane. 2024. "Association of Dietary Habits with Eating Disorders among Latvian Youth Aged 18–24" Behavioral Sciences 14, no. 9: 766. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14090766