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Knowledge and Perception of Eating Disorders among Female Babcock University Undergraduates Ilishan-Remo Ogun State

Authors: OLANREWAJU Motunrayo

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: Iosr Journal Of Nursing And Health Science (iosr - Jnhs)

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Eating disorder among adolescents has been on the increase. It ranks as the third (3rd) mostcommon chronic illness in adolescent females globally. It has an incidence of up to 5% prevalence rate in any given population. Eating disorder is a major public health issue and attention should be given to it.The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge and perception among female undergraduates of Babcock University towards eating disorders. A descriptive quantitative study was conducted to select 400 undergraduates students of Babcock University

Ilishan Remo. Data was collected using self-administered questionnaire. The findings shows that 94.8% of the respondents had knowledge about eating disorder which reflects a good or high knowledge of Babcock students also the study reviewed a moderate perception of the students, for50.8% of the respondents believe that eating disorder is a serious issue which requires quick or serious attention. The study discovered that majority of the respondents 332(83%) accepted that low self-esteem is a factor that could lead to eating disorder. The study concludes that many respondents accepted that stress is a factor that could lead to eating disorder. It was also found that majority of the respondents 277(69.3%) accepted that body dissatisfaction is a factor that could lead to eating disorder. The health care department should organize a forum to sensitize and adequately educate the general public on the implications of eating disorders. The university should hold health care seminars/talk shows to show students the consequences of bad eating orders to reduce the indulgence.

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OLANREWAJU,M. . (2019). Knowledge and Perception of Eating Disorders among Female Babcock University Undergraduates Ilishan-Remo Ogun State, 8 (), 12-12.

OLANREWAJU,M. . "Knowledge and Perception of Eating Disorders among Female Babcock University Undergraduates Ilishan-Remo Ogun State" 8, no (), (2019): 12-12.

OLANREWAJU,M. and . (2019). Knowledge and Perception of Eating Disorders among Female Babcock University Undergraduates Ilishan-Remo Ogun State, 8 (), pp12-12.

OLANREWAJUM, . Knowledge and Perception of Eating Disorders among Female Babcock University Undergraduates Ilishan-Remo Ogun State. 2019, 8 ():12-12.

OLANREWAJU,Motunrayo , . "Knowledge and Perception of Eating Disorders among Female Babcock University Undergraduates Ilishan-Remo Ogun State", 8 . (2019) : 12-12.

O.Motunrayo , "Knowledge and Perception of Eating Disorders among Female Babcock University Undergraduates Ilishan-Remo Ogun State" vol.8, no., pp. 12-12, 2019.

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