Prevalence of abnormal eating attitudes and its related factors among female university students / Fatin Nadhirah Mohd Zawawi, Nurizaira Mohd Murad and Sajida Ahmad Nasaruddin

Body image, pressure to be thin, depression, anxiety and stress play important role in eating attitudes among female university students. This study aimed to identify the prevalence of abnormal eating attitudes among female university students and to determine the association of eating attitudes with sociocultural and psychological factors among female university students. This study involved 363 female students age 19 to 25 years old in UiTM Puncak Alam. Weight and height were measured to determine the body mass index (BMI) of respondents based on World Health Organisation (WHO), (2007). Respondents were required to complete a self-administered questionnaire on demographics, eating attitudes, body image perception, pressure to be thin and depression, anxiety, stress.