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Abstract
AIM OF THE STUDY:
To determine the pattern of eating disturbances among female students of Al Minia University.
To determine psychiatric morbidities associated with eating disturbances among female students of Al Minia University.
On classifying female college students of El Minia University according to their BMI, The majority of them are normal body weight followed by overweight, mild to moderate obesity, underweight and severe obesity respectively.
Body dissatisfaction was high among students regardless their type of study and faculty. There was no significant difference between various faculty students as regard body dissatisfaction.
Reasons of concern about body weight are multiple. Self confidence lies first, followed by effect of body weight on dressing and availability of suitable size, ideal body configuration, others opinion, big body size and effect of body weight on study.
Body dissatisfaction is an evident risk factor for the development of an eating disturbance.
Familial history of psychiatric disorders is not related to the development of eating disturbances.
There is significant relation between continuous thinking of food and eating (food central to thinking) and the development of eating disturbances.
There was no single case diagnosed of eating disorders by their full blown picture and characteristics in our sample but instead we have nearly half of our sample diagnosed as having an eating disturbance.
The majority of students with eating disturbance are overweight, so being overweight carries the highest risk for developing an eating disturbance.
Being normal BMI does not exclude a student from the possibility of developing an eating disturbance and the risk is more than in those students of mild to moderate obesity and even students with underweight or severe obesity. <br