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FEM: Revista de la Fundación Educación Médica
On-line version ISSN 2014-9840Print version ISSN 2014-9832
Abstract
BENITEZ-BENITEZ, Ana M; SANCHEZ-HERRERA, Susana; CUBERO-JUANEZ, Javier and BERMEJO-GARCIA, M Luisa. Risk analysis of suffering eating disorders among students of medicine from the University of Extremadura: a practical tool for teaching. FEM (Ed. impresa) [online]. 2017, vol.20, n.5, pp.223-225. Epub Aug 16, 2021. ISSN 2014-9840. https://dx.doi.org/10.33588/fem.205.909.
Aim:
To study the risk of suffering eating disorders among students of medicine, a group that should be an example for healthy habits.
Subjects and methods:
116 students of medicine from de University of Extremadura fill out the Eating Disorders Inventory-3, Referral Form (EDI-3 RF).
Results:
Male students suffer more bulimic characteristics and female students more thinness obsession and body dissatisfaction.
Conclusions:
A large extent of students would be among the risk group of suffering eating disorders. Therefore, this research is a practical tool to promote healthy eating habits.
Keywords : BMI; Eating disorders; Medicine; University.
