Authors : Nazal Bardak Perçinci; Damla Aligüllü Avcı; Hatice Kubilay

Volume/Issue : Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 11 - November

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10147762

Abstract : Objective: This study aimed to determine the relationship between eating awareness, eating attitudes, eating behavior, and dietary habits with abdominal obesity among adult women residing in the Güzelyurt region. Method: The research was conducted between January 2019 and May 2019 in the Güzelyurt district of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, involving a total of 350 adult individuals aged 25-59 years. Participants were selected using a random sampling method. Individual interviews were conducted to administer the eating awareness scale, eating attitude test, eating behavior scale, and record dietary consumption frequency forms. Additionally, certain demographic and anthropometric measurements were recorded. Results: Participants aged between 25 and 35 years constituted 40.2% of the study sample. Among the participants, 67.4% were married, 27.1% were single, and 5.4% were widowed. Educational levels varied, with 15.7% having primary education or below, 15.14% having secondary education, 27.14% having high school education, and 42.0% having university-level education. A positive relationship (p<0.05) was observed between waist-to-hip ratio values and scores obtained from the Eating Attitude Test. Conclusion: A negative linear relationship was found between participants' waist circumference and scores on the Eating Awareness Scale, and a positive linear relationship was identified between the Unhealthy Eating Behavior subscale scores from the Eating Attitude Test and Eating Behavior Scale. As participants' scores on the Eating Awareness Scale increased, waist circumference decreased, and as Unhealthy Eating Behavior subscale scores increased, waist circumference also increased. A negative linear relationship (p<0.05) was established between participants' hip circumference values and scores on the Eating Awareness Scale, as well as between the Unhealthy Eating Behavior subscale scores from the Eating Behavior Scale. Consequently, as participants' Eating Awareness Scale values increased, hip circumference decreased, and as Unhealthy Eating Behavior subscale scores increased, hip circumference also increased. A statistically significant positive relationship was observed between waist-to-hip ratio values and scores obtained from the Eating Attitude Test. As participants' scores on the Eating Attitude Test increased, waist-to-hip ratio values also increased.

Keywords : Abdominal obesity, eating awareness, eating attitudes.