Tuesday 20 December 2016

Eating Disorders In Iranian Female Children And Its Relationships With Their Mothers' General Health And Nutrition Attitude.

Vol. 5  Issue 2
Year:2015
Issue:May-Jul 
Title:Eating Disorders In Iranian Female Children And Its Relationships With Their Mothers' General Health And Nutrition Attitude.
Author Name:Mohamadreza Zarbakhshe Bahri, Ali Shahbazi, Flora Rahimaghaee and Lidashamsazar
Synopsis:
The Research aims at finding out the relation between female children's eating disorders and their mothers' general health and nutrition attitude. The research is a descriptive study of a correlation type. The data gathered is by the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28), the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26), and the Eating Disorder Inventory Questionnaire (EDI- 64). The data gathered were analyzed through Correlation test and multivariate regression with SPSS 19 Software. High schools of Gonbad Kavoos town in IRAN in year 2012-2013. 250 female students and their mothers were selected through cluster random sampling. The results showed that all components of mothers' general health and nutrition attitude had a significant relationship with female children's overeating. Furthermore, it was revealed that all components of mothers' general health and nutrition attitude had significant relations with slimness tendency in female children. Accordingly, except for physical symptoms and sleep disorder, other components of general health and nutrition attitudes had significant relations with female children's body dissatisfaction. Result of the study conclude, that the family's status of general health, specifically that of the mother as well as the family members' nutrition attitudes can be effective on children's body forms and their dietary.

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