Author/Authors :
Musaiger, Abdulrahman O. Arab Centre for Nutrition, Manama, Bahrain , Al‑Kandari, Fawzia I. Department of Community Medicine - College of Medicine and Medical Sciences - Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain , Al‑Mannai, Mariam Department of Mathematics - College of Science - University of Bahrain, Sakheer, Bahrain , Al‑Faraj, Alaa M. Department of Community Medicine - College of Medicine and Medical Sciences - Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain , Bouriki, Fajer A. Department of Community Medicine - College of Medicine and Medical Sciences - Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain , Shehab, Fatima S. Department of Community Medicine - College of Medicine and Medical Sciences - Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain , Al‑Dabous, Lulwa A. Department of Community Medicine - College of Medicine and Medical Sciences - Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain , Al‑Qalaf, Wassin B. Department of Community Medicine - College of Medicine and Medical Sciences - Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain
Abstract :
Background: This study aimed to highlight the proportion of disordered eating attitudes among university students in Kuwait by gender and obesity.
Methods: A sample of 530 Kuwaiti university students was selected from four universities in Kuwait (203 men and 327 women). The eating attitudes test‑26 was used to determine disordered eating attitudes.
Results: The prevalence of disordered eating attitudes was 31.8% and 33.6% among men and
women respectively. Obese students of both genders had doubled the risk of disordered eating attitudes compared to nonobese students (odds ratio 1.99 and 1.98, respectively).
Conclusions: About one third of university students in Kuwait had disordered eating attitudes. There is an urgent need to prevent and treat disordered eating attitudes in university students in Kuwait.
Keywords :
Arab , eating disorders , obesity , university students
