[Behavioural risks in food-related disorders: a teen-age sample from senior high schools in Catania, Sicily].
The authors have carried out a survey on teen-age girls (398 girls aged 15-18) from five different senior high schools in Catania, Sicily. Students were submitted a questionnaire aimed at detecting behaviours at risk as regards food-related disorders. The most significant data concerned low body weight (20.4% having a Body Mass Index < 18.5), drug intake to lose weight (2.5%), self-induced vomit or intention to do so (12.1%), as well as a sort of uneasiness to attend other schoolmates due to one's own body weight (9.6%). These variables might reflect risk indicators as regards food-related disorders.
Dipartimento G.F. Ingrassia, Igiene e Sanità Pubblica, Università di Catania.
Maria Anna
MA
Coniglio
Maria
M
Giustino
Giuseppe
G
Giammanco
Sarina
S
Pignato
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D001290:Attitude; D001828:Body Image; D002032:Bulimia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D012802:Sicily / Q000453:epidemiology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires