title: Risk of disordered eating attitudes among male adolescents in five Emirates of the United Arab Emirates.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to highlight the prevalence of disordered eating attitudes among male adolescents in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
  
  
  METHODS
  A multistage stratified sampling method was used to select 731 male students aged 15-18 years from five Emirates of the UAE. The Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) was used to determine the prevalence of disordered eating attitudes in students.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The findings revealed that the proportion of disordered eating attitudes in the UAE was relatively high compared with many developing and developed countries and ranged from 33.1% to 49.1%. Moreover, students living in the Emirates of Dubai and Al-Fujairah have double the risk of having disordered eating attitudes compared with students living in the other Emirates.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results suggest the need for screening adolescents for eating disorders, as well as for increased awareness and understanding of eating disorders and their associated risk factors in all male adolescents in the UAE.
authors.affiliation: Arab Centre for Nutrition, Bahrain.
authors.forename: Abdulrahman O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Musaiger
authors.forename: Mariam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Al-Mannai
authors.forename: Osama
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Al-Lalla
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012306:Risk; D014479:United Arab Emirates / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: United Arab Emirates; adolescents; eating attitudes