Objective

Little is known about the relation between weight status and eating disorders symptomatology among Bangladeshi university students. Moreover, the sociocultural climate in Bangladesh has changed in ways that might increase young adults' vulnerability to eating disorder symptomatology. Therefore, this study explored disordered eating attitudes and behaviors among Bangladeshi university students, and their association with Body Mass Index.

Method

This cross-sectional study included 398 students from one Bangladeshi university [mean age = 21.12 and 50.25% women]. Anthropometric measures (height and weight) were collected in-person by study staff. Participants also completed the Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26). The established EAT-26 cutoff score of ≥20 was used to identify participants as having elevated risk for disordered eating attitudes and behaviors. Participants' BMIs were classified according to World Health Organization guidelines.

Result

Over one-fifth (20.4%) of students in the sample had EAT-26 scores ≥20 (17.2% male and 23.5% female). Students with BMIs classified as overweight or obese were more likely to have elevated EAT-26 scores (OR = 3.572[2.12–6.03], p < .001). A significant positive correlation was found between overweight/obesity, and disordered eating attitudes and behaviors (r = 0.41, p < .001).

Conclusion

These findings suggest that additional research is needed to investigate eating disorder symptomatology in Bangladeshis. In particular, future studies should use longitudinal designs, and large and diverse samples.

中文翻译：

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孟加拉国大学生超重和肥胖与饮食态度和行为失常的风险相关

目的

孟加拉国大学生的体重状况与饮食失调症状之间的关系知之甚少。此外，孟加拉国的社会文化气候已经改变，可能会增加年轻人对饮食失调症状的脆弱性。因此，本研究探讨了孟加拉国大学生饮食失调的态度和行为，以及他们与体重指数的关系。

方法

这项横断面研究包括一所孟加拉大学的398名学生（平均年龄= 21.12，女性为50.25％）。研究人员亲自收集人体测量指标（身高和体重）。参与者还完成了饮食态度测验26（EAT-26）。建立的EAT-26临界值≥20被用来识别参与者饮食失调的态度和行为的风险较高。参与者的BMI根据世界卫生组织的指南进行分类。

结果

样本中超过五分之一（20.4％）的学生EAT-26得分≥20（男性为17.2％，女性为23.5％）。BMI被归类为超重或肥胖的学生更有可能出现EAT-26分数升高（OR = 3.572 [2.12-6.03]，p  <.001）。发现超重/肥胖与饮食失调的饮食态度和行为之间存在显着的正相关（r  = 0.41，p <.001）。

结论

这些发现表明，需要进一步的研究来调查孟加拉人的饮食失调症状。特别是，未来的研究应使用纵向设计以及大量多样的样本。