Eating Attitudes, Weight Control Behaviors, Body Image Satisfaction and Depression Level Among Indian Medical and Nursing Undergraduate Students

Poreddi, Vijayalakshmi; Thimmaiah, Rohini; Gandhi, Sailaxmi; BadaMath, Suresh

doi:10.1007/s10597-018-0333-x

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“…Our research showed a link between having problems with maintaining stable body weight and major depression. Vijayalakshmi P et al who investigated depression among nursing and medical students in India showed that it was linked with unstable eating habits [36]. Similar results were obtained by Chang WW et al in a study which included 1107 female medicine students from Anhui province in China.…”

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Depression among Polish medical students and its lifestyle-linked predictors

Drożak

Duda

Bryliński

et al. 2021

J Educ Health Sport

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Introduction and objective. Depression is a common mental disorder that affects over 264 million people worldwide. Medical students are at a particularly high risk of this disease. The aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence of depression among Polish medical students and to determine predictors of this disease that are related to student’s lifestyle. Material and method. A total of 1023 medical students took part in the study. The research tool included a Polish version of the PHQ-9 questionnaire and author’s questions which concerned sociodemographic characteristics of the investigated group and analyzed factors. Answers were collected in the April of 2020. Results. About a half of the students (51.61%, 95% CI: 48.50 – 54.72) were found to have major depression (PHQ score ≥ 10). 30.21% of the students had mild depressive symptoms, 26.00% – moderate depressive symptoms and 15.05% – moderately severe depressive symptoms. 10.56% of the participants had symptoms of severe depression. A statistically significant relationship was found between major depression and: frequent feelings of loneliness, not doing sports regularly, not getting enough sleep, not participating in social meetings often enough, having problems with maintaining stable body weight, using alcohol in order to relieve stress or negative emotions and being non-religious. Conclusions. Depression among medical students in Poland is common. There are many lifestyle-linked predictors which are associated with this disease in the above-mentioned group. It is crucial to take actions aimed at reducing the high prevalence rates of depression among medical students in Poland, such as introducing routine screening for depression and creating resources that would enable students to obtain help.

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Depression among Polish medical students and its lifestyle-linked predictors

Drożak

Duda

Bryliński

et al. 2021

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“…Possible reasons for this may include food insecurity issues16 and fear of being obese 17. The latter is supported by an increase of eating disordered attitudes and an underweight body ideal in Southeast Asian countries, including Bangladesh18 and India 19. Less than daily fruit, vegetable, fried food and aerated drinks were found to be associated with underweight.…”

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<p>Prevalence and correlates of underweight and overweight/obesity among women in India: results from the National Family Health Survey 2015–2016</p>

Pengpid¹,

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2019

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Objective: The study aimed to assess the prevalence and correlates of underweight and overweight or obesity among women in India. Subjects and methods: In a population-based cross-sectional 2015–2016 National Family Health Survey, ever married non-pregnant women (18–49 years) were interviewed and assessed with anthropometric, blood pressure and biochemical measures. Results: The total sample included 5,82,320 non-pregnant women 18–49 years, median age 31 years, interquartile range =16 years, from India. Overall, 20.1% of the women were underweight [body mass index (BMI) <18.5 kg/m 2 ] and 36.3% were overweight, or had class I or class II obesity (BMI ≥23.0 kg/m 2 ). In adjusted multinomial logistic regression, younger age, lower education, lower wealth status, not eating daily fruits, vegetables, fried food, belonging to the scheduled tribe and tobacco use were associated with underweight, while older age, higher education, higher wealth, belonging to other backward class or other, urban residence, daily fruit consumption, daily fried food consumption, having hypertension, heart disease and high or very high blood glucose levels were associated with overweight or obesity. Belonging to the scheduled caste and tobacco use were negatively associated with overweight or obesity. Conclusions: A high dual burden of both underweight and overweight or obesity was observed among women in India. Sociodemographic and health variables were identified as risk factors for both underweight and overweight or obesity, which can be utilized in informing intervention strategies.

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“…In a meta-analysis carried out by Puccio F et al, eating disorders were found to be a substantial predictor of depression, whereas depression contributes to the occurrence of eating disorders [20]. An analysis by Vijayalakshmi et al carried out on a group of medical and nursing students from India didn't find a link between depressive symptoms and BMI, but a link between depressive symptoms and disturbed eating behaviors was found [21]. In a research carried out by Tajik E et al among growing up youth, a statistically significant link was found between BMI values indicating underweightness or obesity and occurrence of severe or very severe depressive symptoms [22].…”

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Predictors associated with studies and lifestyle and subjective feeling of depressive symptoms among Polish medical students

Bryliński

Bura

Duda

et al. 2020

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Introduction and objective. Depression is a disorder that medical students are subjected to. The aim of the research was to investigate the occurrence of subjective feeling of depressive symptoms among Polish medical students during the course of medical studies and to determine predictors of this phenomenon that are associated with studies and lifestyle. Material and method. The research tool was author's questionnaire. 1023 medical students from each year of medical education and different Polish universities took part in the study. Results. 52.79% of the respondents had noticed symptoms that might had pointed to depression during the course of their medical studies. The research suggests that predictors of subjective feeling of depressive symptoms among medical students are: repeating a university subject, repeating a year in university, low selfassessment of academic performance during studying, considering dropping out of university, low satisfaction from the choice of studying medicine, reaching for alcohol in order to destress or discharge negative emotions, not having interests that enable to relax, not doing sports regularly, not participating in social gatherings often enough, not sleeping enough, having problems with maintaining stable body weight and not being religious. Conclusions. There are many lifestyle and studies connected factors associated with depressive symptoms among Polish medical students. The study suggests that it is important for students and their communities to pay attention to the emergence of them in order to improve the well-being of students.

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Eating Attitudes, Weight Control Behaviors, Body Image Satisfaction and Depression Level Among Indian Medical and Nursing Undergraduate Students

Cited by 22 publications

References 42 publications

Depression among Polish medical students and its lifestyle-linked predictors

Depression among Polish medical students and its lifestyle-linked predictors

<p>Prevalence and correlates of underweight and overweight/obesity among women in India: results from the National Family Health Survey 2015–2016</p>

Predictors associated with studies and lifestyle and subjective feeling of depressive symptoms among Polish medical students

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