Eating Disorders: Best Age for Education and Prevention

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dc.contributor.advisorSusan Franks
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSusan Eve
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMuriel Marshall
dc.creatorChasmawala, Jayshri R.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-22T21:26:50Z
dc.date.available2019-08-22T21:26:50Z
dc.date.issued2004-05-01
dc.date.submitted2014-05-02T09:00:05-07:00
dc.description.abstractChasmawala, Jayshri R., Eating Disorders: Best Age for Prevention and Education. Master of Public Health (Dual Degree D.O./M.P.H.), May 2004, 22 pp., 11 tables, 6 illustrations, references, 16 titles. Objective: This study attempts to determine the best age to design a prevention program to prevent the development of eating disorders based on adolescents’ behavior and attitudes towards eating disorders. Methods: Forty students aged 11-17 answered a self-reported questionnaire regarding dieting and weight, identification of emotional states, and general awareness of eating disorders. Age group divided the sample: 13 years of age and younger; and 14 years of age and older. Multivariate analyses were performed to determine existence of any differences between the populations. Results: An overall difference in the age groups exists with statistic significance. The difference in mean values of interoceptive awareness is statistically significant between the age groups. Conclusion: Interoceptive Awareness, not awareness level of eating disorders, is more indicative of the best age for prevention. Younger age children may benefit more from prevention due to lack of emotional maturity which leads to higher risk of development of eating disorders.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12503/29339
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectCommunity Health and Preventive Medicine
dc.subjectDiseases
dc.subjectHealth Services Research
dc.subjectLife Sciences
dc.subjectMedicine and Health Sciences
dc.subjectMental and Social Health
dc.subjectNutrition
dc.subjectNutritional and Metabolic Diseases
dc.subjectNutritional Epidemiology
dc.subjectOther Mental and Social Health
dc.subjectOther Nutrition
dc.subjectOther Psychiatry and Psychology
dc.subjectPsychiatry and Psychology
dc.subjectPublic Health
dc.subjectPublic Health Education and Promotion
dc.subjectEating disorders
dc.subjectprevention
dc.subjecteducation
dc.subjectbest age
dc.subjectprevention program
dc.subjectadolescents
dc.subjectbehavior
dc.subjectattitude
dc.subjectmultivariate analyses
dc.titleEating Disorders: Best Age for Education and Prevention
dc.typeProfessional Report
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.departmentSchool of Public Health
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Public Health

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