1. Prevalence of Risk of Eating Disorders and its Association with Obesity and Fitness
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Ana Díez-Fernández, Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno, Miriam Garrido-Miguel, Mairena Sánchez-López, María Eugenia Visier-Alfonso, and Isabel María Parreño-Madrigal
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Male ,050103 clinical psychology ,Physical fitness ,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation ,Fat mass ,Feeding and Eating Disorders ,Young Adult ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Risk Factors ,Prevalence ,Humans ,Medicine ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine ,Healthy Lifestyle ,Obesity ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Young adult ,Muscle, Skeletal ,Association (psychology) ,Adiposity ,business.industry ,05 social sciences ,Cardiorespiratory fitness ,SCOFF questionnaire ,medicine.disease ,Eating disorders ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Cardiorespiratory Fitness ,Physical Fitness ,Spain ,Female ,business ,Demography - Abstract
The university stage is a critical developmental period for young adults, where lifestyles can determine future health. A cross-sectional study including 481 college students was conducted, with the following objectives: 1) to examine the prevalence of risk of developing eating disorders in college students, 2) to assess differences in obesity and physical fitness in those with and without risk of eating disorders, and 3) to determine whether cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular fitness or fat mass were associated with the risk of eating disorders. We measured fat mass percentage (by densitometry), risk of feeding or eating disorders (by SCOFF questionnaire), cardiorespiratory fitness levels and a muscular fitness index. The prevalence of risk of eating disorders in women (32.4%) was higher than in men (17.4%) (p
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- 2020