| Prevalence of orthorexia among medical students in Erzurum, Turkey. | |
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PMID: 19932826 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Orthorexia is a new term about eating behavior disorder and consists of pathologic obsession for biologically pure foods, free of herbicides, pesticides, and other artificial substances. It is not an independent diagnostic category, but it has some similarities with other eating disorders. This study was conducted to examine the orthorexia among 878 medical students. Of 878 students, 464 (52.8%) were male and 359 (40.9%) were female. The mean age, height, weight, and body mass index were 21.3 +/- 2.1 years, 171.0 +/- 8.5 cm, 65.6 +/- 12.3 kg, 22.4 +/- 2.99, respectively. The rates of the ORTO-11 scores between 0 and 15 was 1.9%; between 16 and 30, 57.5%; and between 31 and higher, 21.1%. There were 17 students with a score of 0 to 15. The mean score for the ORTO-11 test was 27. There were statistically significant differences between age, sex, and smoking habit of the students. In the male students, there was a statistically significantly higher tendency for orthorexia (P = .001), and there was a statistically significant difference between the age groups for tendency for orthorexia (P = .025). In logistic regression analysis, age, sex, Eating Attitude Test-40 (EAT-40), and height affected the ORTO-11 scores. |
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Authors:
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Tulin Fidan; Vildan Ertekin; Sedat I??ikay; Ismet Kirpinar |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2009-04-17 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Comprehensive psychiatry Volume: 51 ISSN: 1532-8384 ISO Abbreviation: Compr Psychiatry Publication Date: 2010 Jan-Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-11-25 Completed Date: 2010-01-26 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372612 Medline TA: Compr Psychiatry Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 49-54 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Faculty of Medicine, Department of Child Psychiatry, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey. tulincps@hotmail.com |
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Adolescent Adult Age Factors Analysis of Variance Attitude to Health* Body Mass Index Chi-Square Distribution Diet / psychology Eating Disorders / epidemiology*, psychology Female Food Habits / psychology* Health Behavior* Humans Male Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / epidemiology, psychology Prevalence Regression Analysis Sex Factors Students, Medical / psychology* Turkey / epidemiology |
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