Abstract
Objectives: To estimate the eating attitudes in Israeli Jewish female adolescents. Methods: A representative sample of 1270 females in grades 7-12 from five different Israeli schools from five different residential areas were assessed by EAT-26. Results: Of the total sample, 19.5% were ident ified as having abnormal eating attitudes. In terms of age, the 16 year olds were found to have the significantly highest rate of total and positive EAT-26 scores. As for school subgroups, the secular boarding schools had the significantly highest rate and the kibbutz had the lowest rate of positive EAT-26 scores for the total and for all subscales. Discussion: EAT-26 was foun d to be a useful tool for screening and identifying at-risk groups in a large adolescent Israeli population.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 317-323 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of Adolescence |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| State | Published - Jun 2005 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
- Social Psychology
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Psychiatry and Mental health