Evaluation of eating disorders in elderly with metabolic syndrome
Other Title(s)
تقييم اضطرابات الأكل لدى كبار العمر المصابين بمتلازمة الأيض الغذائي
Author
al-Jabburi, Hadil Fadil Farhud
Source
Issue
Vol. 14, Issue 2 (30 Jun. 2017), pp.290-299, 10 p.
Publisher
University of Babylon College of Medicine
Publication Date
2017-06-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Eating disorders are a heterogeneous group of complicated psychological disorders that manifested by abnormal ingestion behaviors like bulimia nervosa and bing eating disorder which result in increased risk of morbidity, or maybe mortality.
Metabolic syndrome frequently increase with age, creating its diagnosis is necessary due to increased risk of many diseases.
Certain eating behaviors were related to metabolic syndrome.
To determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in elderly and to explore eating disorders in elderly persons with metabolic syndrome.
Crosssectional study including (175) patients over 60 years old in Babylon province , Iraq , from August 2016 to February 2017.Data collection tools included: Structured questionnaires, anthropometric measurement and Biochemical investigations.
From a total sample (175), 81(46%)of the elderly has been diagnosed as metabolic syndrome, 28 out of 81(35%) of them had eating disorders ,11 (39%) met criteria of bulimia nervosa and 17(61%) reported Bing eating.
There was significant association between two groups "with and without eating disorders " regarding age ,gender , marital state and educational level Prevalence of Eating Disorders in elderly with metabolic syndrome is high .
binge eating is more common than bulimia nervosa.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Jabburi, Hadil Fadil Farhud. 2017. Evaluation of eating disorders in elderly with metabolic syndrome. Medical Journal of Babylon،Vol. 14, no. 2, pp.290-299.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-795424
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Jabburi, Hadil Fadil Farhud. Evaluation of eating disorders in elderly with metabolic syndrome. Medical Journal of Babylon Vol. 14, no. 2 (2017), pp.290-299.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-795424
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Jabburi, Hadil Fadil Farhud. Evaluation of eating disorders in elderly with metabolic syndrome. Medical Journal of Babylon. 2017. Vol. 14, no. 2, pp.290-299.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-795424
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 297-299
Record ID
BIM-795424