Eating disorders and related factors of individuals who applied to the diet outpatient clinic of Turgut Ozal Medical Center

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the nutritional habits, eating attitudes and behaviors of adults admitted to the Nutrition and Diet Polyclinic of Turgut Özal Medical Center, and the influencing factors using the eating attitude test scale. It is a cross-sectional study. The data of this research were collected in Malatya Turgut Özal Medical Center between June 1, 2019 - October 1, 2019. Possible eating disorder frequency was determined with the Eating Attitude Test (YTT-40). Descriptive statistics percentage, mean, chi-square test and post hoc bonferroni corrected chi-square test were used to evaluate the data. 71.6% of the individuals participating in the study are women and 28.4% are men. 52.2% of the individuals are obese, 24.8% are overweight and their BMI average is 31.5 ± 8.7. 42.6% of individuals skip meals. The eating disorder rate of the individuals participating in the study is 25.2%. A significant relationship was found between gender, BMI, body image and eating attitudes (p<0.05).