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Disordered eating behaviors in university students in Hanoi, Vietnam

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Eating Disorders, April 2015
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Title
Disordered eating behaviors in university students in Hanoi, Vietnam
Published in
Journal of Eating Disorders, April 2015
DOI 10.1186/s40337-015-0054-2
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Nayeong Ko, Duong Minh Tam, Nguyen Kim Viet, Peter Scheib, Michael Wirsching, Almut Zeeck

Abstract

The aim of the study was to examine disordered eating behaviors in university students in Vietnam. A total of 244 female university students participated, and 203 data could be analyzed. The Body Mass Index, the SCOFF screening questionnaire and the Eating Disorder Inventory 2 were used to explore disordered eating behaviors. 45.3% of the participants were underweight, 53.2% were normal weight and 1.5% were overweight. 48.8% of students reported two or more yes-responses on the SCOFF screening questionnaire which indicates a high possibility of having eating disorder symptoms. The mean score for underweight subjects (M = 14.79, SD = 6.81) indicated a lower level on the drive for thinness scale of the EDI-2 compared to normal weight subjects (M = 24.65, SD = 6.86) and overweight subjects (M = 31.33, SD = 6.66). Additionally, underweight subjects (M = 27.24, SD = 7.57) were less dissatisfied with their body than normal weight subjects (M = 35.94, SD = 8.67) and overweight subjects (M = 43.33, SD = 11.24). A significant positive correlation appeared between the BMI and the EDI-2. The SCOFF questionnaire showed a statistically significant negative correlation with the BMI and the EDI-2. Despite some limitations the current study shows a tendency in young females in urban Vietnam to be underweight and to develop disordered eating symptoms such as drive for thinness and body dissatisfaction. However, more studies using the SCOFF and the EDI-2 would be needed to verify these findings.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 49 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 11 22%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 14%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 6%
Student > Postgraduate 3 6%
Other 2 4%
Other 8 16%
Unknown 15 31%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 16 33%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 10%
Psychology 5 10%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 4%
Arts and Humanities 1 2%
Other 3 6%
Unknown 17 35%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 May 2015.
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#7,665,742
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Outputs from Journal of Eating Disorders
#572
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#83,101
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Outputs of similar age from Journal of Eating Disorders
#14
of 18 outputs
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