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1227 – Differences In Eating Habits/behaviours And Eating Disorders Symptoms In Adolescents From a Rural And a Urban School

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

J. Santos ,
M. Marques ,
C. Carvalho ,
M.I. Silva ,
L. Conceição ,
H. Espírito Santo  and
S. Simões
J. Santos
Affiliation:
Instituto Superior Miguel Torga, Miguel Torga Higher Institute, Coimbra, Portugal
M. Marques
Affiliation:
Instituto Superior Miguel Torga, Miguel Torga Higher Institute, Coimbra, Portugal
C. Carvalho
Affiliation:
Instituto Superior Miguel Torga, Miguel Torga Higher Institute, Coimbra, Portugal
M.I. Silva
Affiliation:
Instituto Superior Miguel Torga, Miguel Torga Higher Institute, Coimbra, Portugal
L. Conceição
Affiliation:
Instituto Superior Miguel Torga, Miguel Torga Higher Institute, Coimbra, Portugal
H. Espírito Santo
Affiliation:
CEPESE/Centro de Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Miguel Torga Higher Institute, Coimbra, Portugal
S. Simões
Affiliation:
Instituto Superior Miguel Torga, Miguel Torga Higher Institute, Coimbra, Portugal

Abstract

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Introduction

Differences in eating habits/behaviours and eating disorders (ED) symptoms in adolescents from rural and urban schools has not been very considered, particularly in Portugal.

Objectives

explore differences between students who attend rural and urban schools in eating habits/behaviors and ED symptoms; verify if there are differences regarding Body Mass Index (BMI) by school area.

Methods

282 adolescents students (mean age = 14,5; SD = 1,69; variation = 12-18 years old; urban subsample = 126, 44,7%), studying in two schools, one from an urban area and another from a rural area answered sociodemographic questions, eating habits/behaviours items and EAT-25 (Eating Attitudes Test-25).

Results

Most of the adolescents from both schools have breakfast and drink milk daily. Moreover, they eat vegetables and fruits daily or weekly and only rarely fast-food. Adolescents that practice a sport eat more fruits/vegetables. Adolescents attending a rural school ingest more vegetables and less fast-food. ED symptoms (EAT-25) present a lower prevalence, comparing to a young adults sample. There were no significant differences in all the EAT-25 dimensions, EAT total score and BMI by school area.

Conclusions

Eating habits/behaviours seem to be positive in both schools (e.g. most adolescents have breakfast daily). There were only some small differences between the two schools in particular eating habits but adolescents from the two areas do not seem to differ in ED symptoms and BMI, which is not in accordance with the literature that tends to signal urban areas as a “risk factor” for dysfunctional eating behaviors.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 28 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 21th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2013 , 28-E593
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2013
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