Research and Education Institute of Child Health, Cyprus.
Research and Education Institute of Child Health, Cyprus.
Public Health. 2018 Sep;162:104-110. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2018.05.024. Epub 2018 Jul 9.
The objective of this study was to evaluate disordered eating behaviours (DEBs) in different age groups in a Cypriot non-clinical population sample.
Comparative cross-sectional study.
A total of 1716 participants from the Cyprus component of the I.Family study completed the Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26). The EAT-26 score ≥20 was used to define participants at risk for DEBs. Participants were divided according to age: adolescence (12-18 years old), young adulthood (25-45 years old) and middle adulthood (46-60 years old).
Mean EAT-26 total scores were higher for middle adulthood men and women compared with the two younger age groups. Young adulthood women had the highest percentage of behavioural symptoms of DEBs: binge eating (35%) and laxatives/diet pills/diuretics (12%) compared with the other age groups. Men and women in young adulthood had the highest percentage of participants with EAT-26 scores ≥20. In logistic regression analysis, age group did not prove a significant predictor of DEB risk in a model adjusting for sex, body mass index and physical activity.
DEB can present at any age and was not confined to adolescence.
本研究旨在评估塞浦路斯非临床人群样本中不同年龄组的饮食障碍行为（DEB）。
比较性横断面研究。
共 1716 名来自塞浦路斯的 I.Family 研究参与者完成了饮食态度测试 26 项（EAT-26）。EAT-26 得分≥20 用于定义有 DEB 风险的参与者。参与者根据年龄分组：青少年（12-18 岁）、青年（25-45 岁）和中年（46-60 岁）。
与其他两个年轻年龄组相比，中年男性和女性的 EAT-26 总分较高。与其他年龄组相比，青年女性的 DEB 行为症状（暴食症 35%和泻药/减肥药/利尿剂 12%）比例最高。青年男性和女性中，EAT-26 得分≥20 的参与者比例最高。在调整性别、体重指数和体力活动的逻辑回归分析中，年龄组并不能证明是 DEB 风险的显著预测因素。
DEB 可能发生在任何年龄，并不局限于青少年。
