علاقة السلوكات الغذائية بتغيرات مؤشر الكتلة الجسمية لدى المراهقين المتمدرسين (15-18سنة)‎

Abstract EN

The study aims to identify the relationship of eating behaviors (cognitive restriction, inhibition of eating and hunger) in adolescents (15-18 years) with changes in BMI.

the researchers relied on a sample of 20 adolescent students (males and females) ranging in age from 15 to 18 years, also the researchers relied on the descriptive method using the three factor eating questionnaire (TFEQ) for measuring eating behaviors and on the body mass index (IMC) to classify individuals according to the IOTF criteria.

the results showed that the high body mass index among the sample members is not due to cognitive restriction with the once of statistical significance (Sig < 0.05).

also, the high BMI in the study sample is due to inhibition with the presence of statistical significance (Sig > 0.05) that is, the student does not control his feelings and emotions when buying or seeing food and going to eat when excited and the difficulty of leaving something from food as well as not stopping eating until he reaches fullness, and the results also showed that the change in body mass index is not related to high degrees of hunger among the study sample members, with the presence of statistical significance (Sig > 0.05).

overweight and obesity in 25% of students may be due to psychological inhibition towards eating as one of the factors.