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Rev Elec Psic Izt 2023; 26 (2)

Eating attitudes and behaviors amongst college students during the COVID-19 pandemic

Corona OS, Ochoa GC

Language: Spanish
References: 32
Page: 609-628
PDF size: 453.53 Kb.


ABSTRACT

The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected the mental health of the general population and it has altered its daily life and eating habits. The aim of this research was to identify unhealthy eating attitudes and behaviors amongst college students from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this research 82 women and 11 men, members of the UIC were assessed. A survey was used to gather sociodemographic information. Eating behaviors were evaluated using the Eating Attitudes Test by Garner and Garfinkel through and adapted versión of eight items developed by Richter and collaborators, an original ad hoc survey was created to evaluate eating behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic. The EAT-8 reported that more than half of the subjects (56.8%) has manifested unhealthy eating behaviors. 72% of the sample feel terrified of being overweight, 62.4% feel worried with the desire of being thinner and 69.9% feel worried with the thought of having fat on their body. The ad hoc survey reported that 35.82% of the sample has had unhealthy eating behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic. 43% informed binging episodes with loss of control and 54.8% felt terrified with the idea of being overweight. It’s necessary the implementation of psychoeducational and intervention programs to prevent and treat unhealthy eating behaviors.


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