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Overview about stress and dietary patternOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Many adolescents suffer from common mental disorders such as
stress, which affects health through the psychosocial process,
eating behavior, food choices and physical activity. During
adolescence, dietary patterns are formed and can affect the
occurrence of diseases in later life. Stress, dietary pattern, and
obesity are interlinked. Stress increases the risk of excess intake
of calorie – dense food which result in obesity. Aim: this study
aims to assess the stress and dietary pattern effect on overweight
and obesity among technical nursing students. Design: A
descriptive relational research design was conducted in this study.
Setting: This study was conducted at all nursing institutes of
Cairo Curative Organization’s Hospitals (Heliopolis Hospital,
Mabarret Masr Al-Qadimah Hospital, Mabara El Maadi Hospital,
Coptic Hospital and El-Islah El-Islamy Hospital). Sample:
Purposive sample of 85 overweight and obese students. Tools of
data collection: Interview questionnaire (Socio-demographic data
and feeding pattern data), compulsive Eating Scale and perceived
Stress Scale. Results: Results of the study showed that, more than
half of technical nursing students under study had positive family
history of obesity and one third of them were obese and had high
compulsivity level. Conclusions: More than three quarters of
technical nursing students under study had moderate level of
stress, and there was a positive correlation between dietary pattern
and level of stress, also, positive correlation between overweight,
obesity and level of stress. Recommendations: Future studies
should be done on large numbers of nursing students about their
eating behavior and how they decrease their stress level.
Keywords: Stress, Dietary Pattern, Overweight, Obesity