title: [Analysis of eating attitudes in a sample of adolescents from Sevilla].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Studies in communitarian samples are the most used for detection of eating disorders. We analyze the presence of these disorders in a sample of teenagers in Seville.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two questionnaires were applied, both internationally recognized for this type of analysis (EAT-40 and SCOFF), to 318 students, male and female, 12-18 years old. The prevalence of disorders was analyzed according to the cut-off point of the tests, the differences between men and women, the evolution according to age and the correlation between both instruments.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found that 22.8% individuals had significant scores in the SCOFF and 9.43% in the EAT-40. Among men and women, the differences turned out to be significant (6.66% and 2.66% in SCOFF and EAT-40 for male students; 29.66% and 15.47% for female). There was a positive correlation between the SCOFF scores and the age of the students, and we observed a <<tip value>> in 12 years old men, the only age at which they surpassed women in the percentage of positives with both tests.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We found a prevalence of eating disorders that as higher than reported in other studies of the 80-90s. This seems to indicate that we are attending a greater presence of risk behaviours, slightly more in women. The concordance between the 2 instruments is adequate, and they are useful for the screening of eating disorders, although a confirmation structured interview is necessary.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales, Area de Nutrición y Bromatología, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla. ijl@tcasevilla.com
authors.forename: Ignacio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jáuregui Lobera
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Romero Candau
authors.forename: María Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Montaña González
authors.forename: María Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Morales Millán
authors.forename: Nuria
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vargas Sánchez
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: León Lozano
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D001290:Attitude; D002648:Child; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires