Correlation between Depression and Behaviour Typical for Binge Eating Disorder and Knowledge of Healthy Eating with Students of Different Universities

Aim: Determine and compare correlation between the manifestation of behaviour characteristic of binge eating disorder, clinically significant depression and knowledge of healthy eating with students of different universities. Objectives: 1. Determine the manifestation rate of the behaviour characteristic of binge eating disorder with students of different universities. 2. Determine the occurrence of clinically significant depression with students of different universities. 3. Determine correlation between depression and manifestation of the behaviour characteristic of binge eating disorder. 4. Determine correlation between knowledge of healthy eating and manifestation of the behaviour characteristic of binge eating disorder. 5. Determine correlation between eating habits and gender. Methods: quantitative cross-sectional research at the Faculty of Medicine at LSMU MA, the Faculties of Informatics and Mechanical Engineering and Design at KTU. The questionnaire consists of three parts: a questionnaire by the author (evaluation of gender, age, university, year, interest in and knowledge of healthy eating and attitude towards its importance in life), the Binge Eating Scale and the Beck Depression Inventory. Research participants: the 2nd and the 5th year students from the Medicine Faculty at LSMU MA and the Faculties of Informatics and Mechanical Engineering and Design at KTU. Conclusions: 1.There was no statistically significant difference in occurrence of manifestation of the behaviour characteristic of binge eating disorder between the students of different universities. 2.There was no statistically significant difference in occurrence rate of clinically significant depression between the students of different universities reaching 8,6% of the students at LSMU and 13,4% at KTU.3.The students with determined clinically significant depression were more statistically prone to behaviour typical of binge eating disorder 4. The students who evaluated their knowledge of healthy eating higher were less statistically prone to the behaviour characteristic of binge eating disorder. 5. Young men were more statistically prone to maintain the same daily calorie intake, less prone to binge eating when bored and had more positive attitude towards their shape and weight than young women