Hayran Osman, Akan Hülya, Özkan Azru D, Kocaoglu Bike
Yeditepe Universitesi, 26 Agustos Yerlesimi Kayısdagı Caddesi, 34755 Kayısdagı, Istanbul, Turkey. Tel +90-216-578 04 84, fax +90-216-578 04 96.
J Allied Health. 2013 Fall;42(3):147-50.
This study examined attitudes about obesity among a sample of university students from the departments of Health Sciences and Fine Arts.
This cross-sectional study was carried out among first- and second-year students of Health Sciences and Fine Arts Yeditepe between April and May 2011. The questionnaire surveyed sociodemographic characteristics, height, weight, and a short form of the "Fat Phobia" scale. A pilot study revealed that the test-retest reliability was r=0.71 and internal consistency (Cronbach alpha) was 0.8783. The mean and SD were computed for descriptive purposes, and a t-test was used for hypothesis testing; significance was considered for p<0.05.
A total of 305 students (86 men, 219 women) were included in the study. The mean score on the fat phobia scale was 3.57±0.69 among the whole group. Fat phobia of women was higher than of men (p<0.001). Although the mean score of fat phobia was higher in underweight students than in obese students, there was no statistically significant differences according to body structure (p>0.05). The adjectives about which the whole group was phobic were "likes food" (4.50), "overeats" (4.20), "slow" (3.90), "inactive" (3.82), "no will power" (3.71), and "shapeless" (3.66). Female students were more phobic than men in adjectives (overeats,) (no will power,) (shapeless.)
Fat phobia is common among university students, and women are more fat phobic than men. Fat phobia and attitudes toward obesity should be examined and followed, and methods and messages directed to change negative attitudes should be included during training.
本研究调查了健康科学与美术专业的大学生样本对肥胖的态度。
本横断面研究于2011年4月至5月在耶迪特佩健康科学与美术专业的一、二年级学生中进行。问卷调查了社会人口学特征、身高、体重以及“肥胖恐惧症”量表的简版。一项预试验显示，重测信度r = 0.71，内部一致性（克朗巴哈α系数）为0.8783。计算均值和标准差用于描述性目的，并使用t检验进行假设检验；p < 0.05时认为具有显著性。
共有305名学生（86名男性，219名女性）纳入研究。整个组在肥胖恐惧症量表上的平均得分是3.57±0.69。女性的肥胖恐惧症高于男性（p < 0.001）。尽管体重过轻的学生中肥胖恐惧症的平均得分高于肥胖学生，但根据身体结构没有统计学上的显著差异（p > 0.05）。整个组恐惧的形容词是“喜欢食物”（4.50）、“暴饮暴食”（4.20）、“迟钝”（3.90）、“不活跃”（3.82）、“没有意志力”（3.71）和“无形状”（3.66）。在形容词（暴饮暴食、没有意志力、无形状）方面，女学生比男学生更恐惧。
肥胖恐惧症在大学生中很常见，女性比男性更恐惧肥胖。应该检查并跟踪肥胖恐惧症以及对肥胖的态度，并且在培训期间应纳入旨在改变消极态度的方法和信息。
