Eating attitudes in a diverse sample of Israeli adolescent females: a comparison study.
OBJECTIVE
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 identified 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.


CONCLUSIONS
EAT-26 was found to be a useful tool for screening and identifying at-risk groups in a large adolescent Israeli population.
Latzer
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Eating Disorders Clinic, Psychiatric Division, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel. latzer@zahav.net.il
Tzischinsky
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D000293:Adolescent; D001290:Attitude / Q000208:ethnology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D003710:Demography; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires