Eating disorder status of individuas applying to nutrition and diet policlinic of a private hospital located in Istanbul and relation of obesity history and previous diet

The aim of this study; to evaluate the relationship between Eating Disorder Status and obesity history and previous diet frequency in individuals who applied to Nutrition and Diet policlinic of Private Hospital in Istanbul. The study included 202 participants between December 2017 and May 2018. Age, gender, height, weight, obesity/overweight history and diet experience in the past was questioned. Eating Attitude Test-40 (EAT-40) was used in order to detect Impaired Eating Behavior. It was found that, 24.3% (n=49) had a high risk of eating disorder according to EAT-40 cut-off score and 16.8% (n=34) of the participants reported obesity/overweight in preschool period. While 33.2% of the participants stated that they did not have any diet in the last 6 months, 31.2% of the participants stated that were too much dieted in the last 5 years. There was a significant relationship between pre-school obesity/overweight history and EAT-40 scores. There was no significant relationship was found between school age and adolescence period and scale score. There was a significant relationship between the dietary frequency in the last 6 months and scale scores (p=0.001). The rate of those who did not have any diet in last 6 months, 1 year, 3 years, 5 years was significantly higher in the normal group regarding eating attitude (p=0.001) while the rate of those who had diet too much in last 6 months and 3 years (p=0.006), (p=0.001) and dieted 3-10 times in last year (p=0.039), was significantly higher in impaired eating attitude group. Key Words: Diet Frequency, Eating Disorders, Previous Obesity History, Eating Attitude Test- 40