Attitudes toward health and taste of food among women with bulimia nervosa and women of a non-clinical sample

Taste preferences and health concerns play important roles in determining eating attitudes, thus influencing food choices. Disordered eating attitudes are common among women, and can lead to the development and maintenance of eating disorders (ED). Attitudes toward health and taste of food among ED...

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Published in:Appetite 2017-06, Vol.113, p.172-177
Main Authors: Koritar, Priscila, Philippi, Sonia Tucunduva, Alvarenga, Marle dos Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Attitude
Attitude to Health
Bulimia Nervosa - psychology
Diet - psychology
Eating disorder
Female
Food choice
Food Preferences - psychology
Health
Humans
Pleasure
Students - psychology
Taste
Taste Perception
Young Adult
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Summary:Taste preferences and health concerns play important roles in determining eating attitudes, thus influencing food choices. Disordered eating attitudes are common among women, and can lead to the development and maintenance of eating disorders (ED). Attitudes toward health and taste of food among ED patients and its comparison with non-clinical women are not well known, and this knowledge could improve eating interventions. In this study, we compared taste preferences and health concerns in 27 women with diagnosis of bulimia nervosa (BN) and 216 women of a non-clinical sample. All participants completed the Health and Taste Attitude Scale (HTAS). Using analysis of covariance we compared the HTAS scores of the BN patients with those of the college students. Risk behaviors for ED (assessed by the Eating Attitudes Test) were identified in 54 (25%) of the non-clinical sample, all of whom were therefore excluded in comparison of BN patients. Non-clinical sample, compared to patients, scored higher on the HTAS Taste domain (p 
ISSN:0195-6663
1095-8304
DOI:10.1016/j.appet.2017.02.029