Volume : VII, Issue : VI, June - 2018
Risk of Developing Eating Disorders and Some Related Factors in Female Undergraduates of GMC, Nagpur.
Thatikonda Nithisha, Dr. Sarita K Sharma
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AIM: Purpose of the study was to estimate the prevalence of disordered eating behaviors and risk of developing eating disorders(ED) amongst female undergraduates of GMC, Nagpur. METHODOLOGY:A total of 154 subjects registered for 1st and 2nd MBBS in GMC, Nagpur consented for the study. Data was collected by using predesigned and pretested questionnairebased on EAT–26. Results were analyzed by EPI INFO 7.3.5.RESULTS:45(29.23%) subjectswere at risk of developing an ED and majority of them had their BMI deviated from normal (P = 0.0001). Factors like mother’s education, duration of sleep and food intake during stress were also strongly related to risk of developing EDs.CONCLUSIONS: Strong association between BMI, sleep duration, food intake during stress and risk of developing EDswere observed that are probably important for DEB diagnosis and treatment in the normal population.
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DOI : 10.36106/ijsr
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Thatikonda Nithisha, Dr. Sarita K Sharma, Risk of Developing Eating Disorders and Some Related Factors in Female Undergraduates of GMC, Nagpur., INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-6 | June-2018
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Thatikonda Nithisha, Dr. Sarita K Sharma, Risk of Developing Eating Disorders and Some Related Factors in Female Undergraduates of GMC, Nagpur., INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-6 | June-2018
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