Incidence of Eating Disorders in Family Environment in High School Adolescents

• Published in: Procedia, social and behavioral sciences Vol. 132; pp. 391 - 397
• Main Authors: Levická, Katarína, Kovalčíková, Nadežda, Kováčová, Lucia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 15.05.2014
• Subjects: EAT-26; Eating disorders; Family; High school students; Risk factors; Short EMBU; EAT-26; Family; High school students; Short EMBU; Risk factors; Eating disorders

The impact of risk factors occurring in families on the adolescents’ attitude towards food, using the EAT-26 questionnaire and the Short (s)-EMBU was examined. Respondents were 464 high school students. Results show that in nearly 79% respondents there is at least one risk factor present in the fami...