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Published on: May 10, 2022
[The assessment of nutritional knowledge of persons with eating disorders]
Aleksandra Czarnewicz-Kamińska1, Anna Gronowska-Senger
1Zakład Oceny Zywienia, Katedra Zywienia Człowieka, Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego, 02-776 Warszawa. a.kaminska@mss.com.pl
Abstract:
The main purpose of this work was to examine the level of nutritional knowledge of persons with eating disorders. The study was performed in the group of 60 persons (30 persons diagnosed with anorexia nervosa and 30 persons with diagnosis bulimia nervosa) and 60 controls. We found that ill persons possess the higher level of nutritional knowledge than person from the control group, yet the average of correct answers amounted to 51%. Our results point to the necessity of nutritional education in persons with eating disorders.
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