Journal of Women's Health Care
Open Access
ISSN: 2167-0420
ISSN: 2167-0420
Desislava Bakova
Bulgaria
Research Article
Disordered Eating Attitudes and Behaviors: Gender Differences in Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Author(s): Massaldjieva R Ivanova, Desislava Bakova, Maria Semerdjieva, Bianka Torniova, Boris Tilov and Ekaterina RaikovaMassaldjieva R Ivanova, Desislava Bakova, Maria Semerdjieva, Bianka Torniova, Boris Tilov and Ekaterina Raikova
Introduction: Dieting, obsessive weight control practices, fears of fatness, negative body image, food and weight preoccupation and other distorted attitudes and behaviors are proven risk factors with a serious potential to facilitate the development of anorexia and bulimia nervosa and the so called “atypical ED”. They are not enough studied in Bulgaria. The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence and the gender differences in disordered eating attitudes and behaviors in adolescents and young adults from Bulgaria.
Methods: We studied two age groups 886 (80.7%) adolescents from 14 to 19 years and 212 (19.3%) young adults from 20 to 40 years, 402 male and 696 female. The respondents were Bulgarian high school students, undergraduate university students and volunteers from the general population with higher education. All.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2167-0420.1000368