Gender-specific responses to multifaceted factors associated with disordered eating among adolescents of 7th to 9th grade.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prevalence of disordered eating is increasing among adolescents in Asia. The prevalence and predictors of disordered eating in boys have often gone unrecognized. This study examined gender-specific responses to multifaceted factors associated with disordered eating, including personal, behavioral, family, and school-related characteristics.

Methods

After excluding responses with incomplete information, a sample of 729 adolescents (48.97% boys) between the ages of 13 and 16 were surveyed through convenience sampling from 37 classrooms in three junior high schools in New Taipei City of Taiwan were analyzed. The Eating Attitudes Test-26 questionnaire was used to identify disordered eating.

Results

No difference in the prevalence of disordered eating betwee

SUBMITTER: Chen DR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8751146 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature