title: A description of disordered eating behaviors in Latino males.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore disordered eating and eating disorders (EDs) in Latino males.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants are 722 male college students from a larger prevalence study conducted in the University of Puerto Rico system.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were selected from a list of sections of required courses for first-year students on each campus. Self-report instruments were used to explore ED symptoms (the Eating Attitudes Test [EAT-26] and the Bulimia Test-Revised [BULIT-26-R] and the Beck Depression Inventory depression (BDI).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall, 2.26% scored above the cut-off point on the BULIT-R and 5.08% score above the cut-off point on the EAT-26. Of the males, 4.43% reported sufficient frequency and severity to approximate DSM-IV criteria for bulimia nervosa. Depression symptomatology was found in those who scored above the cut-off point on both instruments of EDs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  College health practitioners should be aware of disordered eating in Latino males and include them in efforts to detect disordered eating behaviors in college students.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. maelynn_reyes@med.unc.edu
authors.forename: Mae Lynn
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Reyes-Rodriguez
authors.forename: Margarita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sala
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Von Holle
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Unikel
authors.forename: Cynthia M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Bulik
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Camara-Fuentes
authors.forename: Alba
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suarez-Torres
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D054526:Men's Health; D009752:Nutritional Status; D015995:Prevalence; D011594:Psychometrics; D011647:Puerto Rico / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D057566:Self Report; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires