Eating Behavior during First-Year College Students, including Eating Disorders—Ruvic-Runeat-TCA Project. Protocol of an Observational Multicentric Study

Bibliographic Data

ID15513530
AuthorsAnna Vila‐Martí (0000-0003-3077-2653, Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya, corresponding author), Iñaki Elío (0000-0001-6243-5550, Ibero American University), Sandra Cano (0000-0001-9082-7877, Ibero American University)
Year2021
Volume18
Issue18
Pages9457-9457
Publication date2021-09-08
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph18189457
PMID34574382
OpenAlexW3197437474
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited30

(1) Introduction: Changes in eating behavior and eating disorders are especially common in young people, especially teenage and college women. The first year of college is a critical period, as students acquire freedoms that can lead to poor eating habits. During this first year, students usually gain weight. The aims of this project are to analyze the risk of developing eating disorders, the composition and dietary intake and the changes in the body composition of two groups of college students (independent from the family nucleus or still living within the family) in the first year of college. (2) Material and Methods: Multicentric prospective observational study protocol in which first-year students at the Universidad Europea del Atlántico and Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya voluntarily took part in the study. The students will be divided into two groups, independent and those residing in the family home, and the evolution of both groups will be compared at the beginning and at the end of the school year by performing anthropometric measurements, tests on lifestyle and eating habits (Test of Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet, MEDAS-14; Emotional Eater Questionnaire, EEQ), validated questionnaires on eating disorders (Eating Attitude Test, EAT26; Teen Figure Drawing Scales; SCOFF, Eating Behavior Test; Bulimia Investigatory Test Edinburgh, BITE) and their intake will be evaluated through 72 h dietary records. (3) Discussion: Determining the risk of suffering eating disorders of alimentary behavior, knowing eating consumption, perception of the corporal image and body composition through the first year of college will be decisive in establishing alimentary education strategies to prevent possible eating disorders in young students

Anthropometry · Bulimia nervosa · Eating Attitudes Test · Eating disorders · Mediterranean diet · Observational study · Psychiatry · Test (biology · Clinical Psychology · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Health and Lifestyle Studies · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology · Gerontology · Internal Medicine