Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
Psychiatr Danub. 2012 Sep;24 Suppl 1:S135-9.
Modern media have a huge impact on eating habits, which result in pathologies among young people, especially females. Fashion models have become a pattern for ordinary women, however the difference in a mean weight between these two groups is increasing. The aim of the study was to assess the correlation between school students' results in EAT-26 self-report questionnaire and their daily diet behavior and to analyze the occurrence of eating disorders among students in schools of the region of Silesia in Poland.
Our survey was based on the EAT-26 (Eating Attitude Test) and Behavioral Four Questions Test. 150 questionnaires were given to students of Secondary Schools, 116 were filled out correctly. The interviewed group consisted of 85 girls and 31 boys. Average age was 17.24±1.18. All of the data were analyzed statistically.
Average BMI was 21,06; half of the recruited subjects had correct BMI whereas over 40% of them presented underweight. Within 116 responses from the EAT-26 nearly 93% belonged to the group with a small risk of the development of future eating disorders. Nevertheless, over 6% of the survey participants were in the group at high risk. In the Behavioral Four Questions Test 10% participants turned out to be in the compulsive overeating group, other ones in the group of a probable development of anorexia (7%) or bulimia nervosa (3%).
There is a strong correlation between particular daily activities and the score achieved in EAT-26, however there is no significant correlation between the calculated BMI and EAT-26 results. Specific socio-cultural factors are faced by public services. They refer both to health promotion programs and the organization of spare time spent by teenagers outside schools.
现代媒体对饮食习惯有巨大影响，导致年轻人，尤其是女性出现病态。时尚模特已经成为普通女性的榜样，然而这两组人的平均体重差异正在扩大。本研究的目的是评估学生在 EAT-26 自我报告问卷中的成绩与他们的日常饮食行为之间的相关性，并分析波兰西里西亚地区学校学生中饮食失调的发生情况。
我们的调查基于 EAT-26（饮食态度测试）和行为四问测试。向中学学生发放了 150 份问卷，其中 116 份填写正确。接受采访的小组由 85 名女生和 31 名男生组成。平均年龄为 17.24±1.18。所有数据均进行了统计学分析。
平均 BMI 为 21.06；一半的被调查者 BMI 正常，而超过 40%的人体重不足。在 116 份 EAT-26 问卷中，近 93%的人属于未来发展为饮食失调的低风险组。然而，超过 6%的调查参与者属于高风险组。在行为四问测试中，10%的参与者属于强迫性暴食组，其他参与者属于可能发展为厌食症（7%）或神经性贪食症（3%）组。
特定的日常活动与在 EAT-26 中获得的分数之间存在很强的相关性，但计算出的 BMI 与 EAT-26 结果之间没有显著的相关性。特定的社会文化因素是公共服务部门面临的问题。它们涉及到健康促进计划和组织青少年在校外度过的业余时间。
