| Title | Comparative study of attitudes to eating between male and female students in the People's Republic of China. | | Author(s) | Makino M, Hashizume M, Tsuboi K, Yasushi M, Dennerstein L | | Institution | Office for Gender and Health, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. | | Source | Eat Weight Disord 2006 Sep; 11(3):111-7. | | Abstract | OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to compare eating attitudes and lifestyles of male and female college students in China (Beijing).
SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The subjects of this study consisted of 217 male and 177 female college students. They were asked to fill out the Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26) and a lifestyle questionnaire.
RESULTS: The percentages of those above the cutoff point on the EAT-26 for abnormal eating attitudes were 4.7% of male and 6.2% of female students. Body perception of being fat (distorted body image) was the factor most associated with abnormal eating attitudes.
DISCUSSION: Weight related concern was prevalent amongst the Chinese students. This suggests that the culture of the beauty of thinness is common among young students in Beijing, particularly female students. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 17075237 |
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