Nutritional knowledge, eating attitudes and chronic dietary restraint among men with eating disorders.
We compared nutritional knowledge, eating attitudes and chronic dietary restraint scores among 17 men (10 with bulimia nervosa and 7 with anorexia nervosa) and 50 women (20 with bulimia nervosa and 30 with anorexia nervosa), who were consecutive patients at a major treatment center in Brazil. There were no differences in nutritional knowledge and concern with food between men and women. For both genders, chronic dietary restraint scores were higher among bulimics. Men with eating disorders had better eating attitudes scores than women. Anorexic men tended to have worse eating attitudes scores than bulimic men, while the opposite was observed for women, suggesting an interaction between gender and diagnosis.
Scagliusi
Fernanda Baeza
FB
Federal University of São Paulo, Department of Health Sciences, Santos/SP, Brazil. fernanda.scagliusi@gmail.com
Nakagawa
Katia Akemi
KA
Campos
Rosana Maria
RM
Kotait
Marcela
M
Fabbri
Alessandra
A
Sato
Priscila
P
Cordás
Táki Athanássios
TA
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology; D052018:Bulimia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology; D004032:Diet; D004435:Eating / Q000523:psychology; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D012737:Sex Factors