TY  - JOUR
SN  - 2227-9032
JF  - Healthcare
N2  - The purpose of the study is to assess the risk of developing general eating disorders (ED), anorexia nervosa (AN), and bulimia nervosa (BN), as well as to examine the effects of gender, academic year, place of residence, faculty, and diet quality on that risk. Over two academic years, 129 first- and fourth-year Uneatlántico students were included in an observational descriptive study. The self-administered tests SCOFF, EAT-26, and BITE were used to determine the participants? risk of developing ED. The degree of adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD) was used to evaluate the quality of the diet. Data were collected at the beginning (T1) and at the end (T2) of the academic year. The main results were that at T1, 34.9% of participants were at risk of developing general ED, AN 3.9%, and BN 16.3%. At T2, these percentages were 37.2%, 14.7%, and 8.5%, respectively. At T2, the frequency of general ED in the female group was 2.5 times higher (OR: 2.55, 95% CI: 1.22?5.32, p = 0.012). The low-moderate adherence to the MD students? group was 0.92 times less frequent than general ED at T2 (OR: 0.921, 95%CI: 0.385?2.20, p < 0.001). The most significant risk factor for developing ED is being a female in the first year of university. Moreover, it appears that the likelihood of developing ED generally increases during the academic year.
VL  - 12
Y1  - 2024/05//
A1  - Eguren García, Imanol
A1  - Sumalla Cano, Sandra
A1  - Conde González, Sandra
A1  - Vila-Martí, Anna
A1  - Briones Urbano, Mercedes
A1  - Martínez Díaz, Raquel
A1  - Elío Pascual, Iñaki
KW  - eating disorders; first and fourth year of university; adherence to Mediterranean diet; emotional intake; body composition
IS  - 9
ID  - uneatlantico11941
TI  - Risk Factors for Eating Disorders in University Students: The RUNEAT Study
AV  - public
UR  - http://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12090942
ER  -