EATING BEHAVIOR DISORDERS and BODY PERCEPTION of NUTRITION and DIETETICS STUDENTS: A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY

Year 2019, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 38 - 44, 01.12.2019

Şenay Burçin Alkan , Rabia Solak , Ezgi Gürbüz , Burcu Özcan , Hilal Özkan , Zeynep Zülal Dikici , Rabia Sima Karaman

Abstract

Eating behavior disorder risk and body perception were evaluated in 141 students of Department of Nutrition and Dietetics (87.9% female, 12,1% male). Data was collected through face-to-face survey method. Eating Attitude Test-40, ORTO-11 and Body Perception Scale (Stunkard scale) were applied to the students. Body composition analysis was performed with bioelectrical impedance method. In the evaluation, the risks of eating behavior disorder of female and male students were 6.5 and 5.9%, respectively. The mean scores of ORTO-11 were 29.3±4.6 and 28.2±3.3, respectively. 50.8% of the female students and 58.8% of the male students think that they have the appropriate body weight. There was no significant difference in YTT-40 and ORTO-11 score averages between groups according to class, accommodation, meal skipping status, body perception and body mass index classification. The tendency to orthorexia nervosa decreases significantly as the body mass index increases.

Keywords

Nutrition and Dietetics, orthorexia nervosa, body perception

BESLENME ve DİYETETİK BÖLÜMÜ ÖĞRENCİLERİNDE YEME DAVRANIŞ BOZUKLUĞU ve BEDEN ALGISI: KESİTSEL BİR ÇALIŞMA

Abstract

Beslenme ve Diyetetik Bölümü öğrencilerinde yeme davranış bozukluğu riski ve beden algısının değerlendirildiği çalışmaya yaş aralığı 18-23 yıl olan 141 öğrenci (%87,9’u kız, %12,1’i erkek) katılmıştır. Öğrencilere ait bilgiler yüz yüze ve anket teknikleri ile toplanmıştır. Öğrencilere Yeme Tutum Testi-40, ORTO-11 ve Beden Algısı Ölçeği (Stunkard ölçeği) uygulanmış. Biyoelektrik impedans yöntemi ile vücut kompozisyonu analizi yapılmıştır. Yapılan değerlendirmede kız ve erkek öğrencilerin yeme davranış bozukluğu oranı sırasıyla %6,5 ve 5,9; ORTO-11 ölçek puan ortalamaları ise sırasıyla 29,3±4,6 ve 28,2±3,3 bulunmuştur. Kız öğrencilerin %50,8’si erkeklerin %58,8’i normal vücut ağırlığında olduğunu düşünmektedir. Beslenme ve Diyetetik Bölümü’nde öğrenim gören kız ve erkek öğrencilerde yeme davranış bozukluğu oranı düşük bulunmuştur. Sınıf, kalınan yer, öğün atlama durumu, beden algısı ve beden kütle indeksi sınıflamasına göre gruplar arasında YTT-40 ve ORTO-11 puan ortalamaları açısından anlamlı fark bulunmamıştır. Beden kütle indeksi arttıkça ortoreksiya nervozaya eğilim anlamlı olarak azalmaktadır.

Keywords

Beslenme ve Diyetetik, ortoreksiya nervoza, beden algısı

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