Objective : The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between abnormal eating attitude and body-shape, distorted body-image, and other factors, and to evaluate whether abnormal eating attitude is related to the change of body-shape from childhood to adolescent.
Methods : We recruited 492 girls from a high school in Kyungsan City, Korea. Each student was measured Body M2~ss Index(BMI), choosed somatotype Drawings, and completed Eating Attitude Test for Korean Adolescents (EAT-26 KA). Body-image distorted group was defined as numerical differencE; between BMI divided among the nine and somatotype over 2. Body-shape changed group was defined as numerical difference of somatotype over 1.
Results : We found that the score of EAT-26 KA increased significantly at overweight and normal-weight group than underweight group, distorted group than undistorted group, and recently-changed group than recently-unchanged group. There were no significant differences in childhood body-shape and the change of body-shape from childhood to adolescent.
Conclusions :Our findings suggest that abnormal eating attitude is related significantly to body-shape, distorted body-image, and recent change of body-shape in adolescent, but not related to the change of body-shape from childhood to adolescent.
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