Determination of eating attitudes of a special polyclinic applicants by EAT-40

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between eating attitude behaviors and Anorexia Nervosa in patients admitted to a private outpatient clinic. Eating Attitude Test - 40 was used as data collection tool. A total of 100 non-pregnant, non-breastfeeding patients admitted to the outpatient clinic and agreed to participate in the study were interviewed. 69 of these patients were female and 31 were male. As a result of the study, it was observed that there was no significant difference between eating attitude behaviors of participants, age, working status, smoking, alcohol use, marital status, but there was a significant difference between gender. Again, there was no significant relationship between eating attitude behaviors, body mass index and weight, and there was a significant relationship between height. Finally, no significant relationship was found between healthy living and income level and regular physical activity. Keywords: Eating Attitudes, Anorexia Nervosa, EAT-40, Esthetic.