Relationship between Eating attitudes and Fitness according to BMI in women's university students

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the difference between physical strength and eating attitude (dieting, bulimia, food behavior) according to BMI (kg/ ㎡ ) among 314 women's university students in through the use Eat-26 questionnaire and assessing physical fitness (strength, agility, endurance, power, flexibility). All data analyses were performed using statistical software SPSS version 18.0 program, along with one-way ANOVA and regression analysis. The study found that there were differences in eating attitudes and fitness (strength) according to BMI group. Moreover, eating attitudes factors affecting each fitness factors were different for each BMI groups. In overweight, behavior had a negative effect on strength, and in the normal group, dieting had a slight positive effect on flexibility. Accordingly, this study found that not only physical fitness and eats attitude were different according to BMI but also eating attitude factors affecting physical fitness factors by BMI group. These results it helps to improve their eating attitudes and fitness to female university students in considering their eating attitude according to body shape. The utilizing from the study that is able to provide a proper understanding of eating attitude and fitness in BMI.