Body mass index and psychological distress among Lebanese University students: examining the moderating effect of gender

Abstract

with a particular set of circumstances (Sellick & Edwardson, 2007). PD is increasingly becoming a significant global concern, especially in younger populations (Sandanger, Nygard, Ingebrigtsen, Sorensen, & Dalgard, 1999). In fact, in western societies, PD has been found to be more prevalent and severe among university students compared to the general population (Adlaf, Gliksman, Demers, & Newton-Taylor, 2001). Studies evaluating the association between PD with body mass index (BMI) have shown contradictory results. Whilst no such association existed in some studies (Arbour-Nicitopoulos, Faulkner, & Irving,