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Research Paper | Dental Science | United Arab Emirates | Volume 7 Issue 4, April 2018

Prevalence of Eating Disorders in Dental Students of a Young University in UAE

Vivek Padmanabhan ^[2] | Muhammed Mustahsen Rahman | Shadan Fatima

Abstract: The aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence of eating disorders in dental students of a young university. The present study was carried out at RAK College of Dental Sciences. The students included in the study belonged to the 3rd, 4th and 5th year BDS program. The research was carried out by means of a survey method, an Eating Attitude Test questionnaire was used. The prevalence towards eating attitude was treated as a dependent variable and the students gender was treated as an independent variable. To identify distinctions and dependences between variables the Chi2 test was used. Values with probability

Keywords: anorexia, bulimia, dental students, eating disorders

Edition: Volume 7 Issue 4, April 2018,

Pages: 432 - 434

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