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ERIC Number: EJ697459
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Jun
Pages: 7
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ISSN: ISSN-0140-1971
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Eating Attitudes in a Diverse Sample of Israeli Adolescent Females: A Comparison Study
Latzer, Y.; Tzischinsky, O.
Journal of Adolescence, v28 n3 p317-323 Jun 2005
Objectives: To estimate the eating attitudes in Israeli Jewish female adolescents. Methods: A representative sample of 1270 females in grades 7-12 from five different Israeli schools from five different residential areas were assessed by EAT-26. Results: Of the total sample, 19.5% were identified as having abnormal eating attitudes. In terms of age, the 16 year olds were found to have the significantly highest rate of total and positive EAT-26 scores. As for school subgroups, the secular boarding schools had the significantly highest rate and the kibbutz had the lowest rate of positive EAT-26 scores for the total and for all subscales. Discussion: EAT-26 was found to be a useful tool for screening and identifying at-risk groups in a large adolescent Israeli population.
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