Night Eating Syndrome and Palatable Eating Motives Among Medical Students

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10.2991/978-94-6463-048-0_10How to use a DOI?

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Night Eating Syndrome; Palatable Eating Motives; Cardiovascular Risk; University Students; Obesity

Abstract

One of the night eating syndromes (NES) characters is night-time overeating. People with NES might have no control over the amount and kind of food. This could lead to excessive energy intake, hence causes overweight and obesity. We wanted to determine the prevalence of NES and association of NES with palatable eating motives. It was a cross sectional study which was conducted in May 2021 at the Faculty of Medicine Universitas Islam Indonesia (FMUII). Based on the research criteria, there were 100 first year students that were eligible to participate in this study. First, all the subjects received some procedures by zoom meeting. The three-day food record was used to assess dietary intakes. Night eating diagnostic questionnaire (NEDQ) and palatable eating motives scale (PEMS) were distributed to assess the eating behaviour. The incident of NES was 82%, divided into three severities and there were 16% subjects with severe NES. The NES severity was positively associated (p = 0.024) with desire of eating some palatable foods. The NES subjects consumed some snacks an hour after dinner. The NES severity was associated (p = 0.36) with energy intake at night. Although our data did not show an association between NES and body mass index (BMI), some studies found a positive association. As we know BMI is related to cardiovascular risk in general population. Therefore, we concluded that the incident of NES is positively associated with palatable eating motives and energy intake at night among students. Therefore, the university should initiate promoting healthy eating behaviour among their students..

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Nur Aini Djunet
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/19
TI  - Night Eating Syndrome and Palatable Eating Motives Among Medical Students
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Cardiovascular Diseases (ICCvD 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 80
EP  - 91
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-048-0_10
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-048-0_10
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