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Topical Area: Dietary Patterns

Dietary Patterns (Poster Session)

(P14-082-23) Disordered Eating Attitudes Scale Is Associated With Snacking Patterns, BMI, and Diet Quality in Overweight and Obese College Students

Sunday, July 23, 2023
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM ET
Location: Poster Board 82
Disclosure(s):
Niliarys Sifre-Acosta, BSDN: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Cristina Palacios, PhD: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.


Objectives: Our objective was to evaluate associations between DEA, snack and overall diet quality, snacking intake and frequency, and BMI in college students with overweight/obesity.

Methods: Participants completed (n=136) a baseline questionnaire on socio-demographics, snacking patterns, two 24-h dietary recalls, and DEA scores (DEAS). Snack quality score was calculated with an algorithm developed using the USDA healthy snacks guideline and diet quality was calculated using Healthy Eating Index (HEI)-2015.

Results: Mean age was 21.1±1.70 years, most were females (86.4%), whites (42.6%), low income (51.4%), and Hispanic/Latino (44.3%), and mean DEAS was 89.1±19.7 (medium level). DEAS was positively correlated with BMI (P= 0.025) and snack intake frequency (P = 0.011), but inversely correlated with HEI-2015 (P = 0.033).

Conclusions: In conclusion, higher DEA is associated with higher BMI and snack frequency, but lower diet quality. These results can be used to develop interventions for college students to improve DEAs tendencies related to snack frequency and diet quality.

Funding Sources: Internal funds from Florida International University