The evaluation of Relationship between eating disorders and body image in athletes and non-athlete students in the Qazvin University of Medical Sciences

Background: The dissatisfaction of body image and eating disorders are considered to be one of the common problems in adulthood or even in the earlier stage of life especially among athletes. This research has been carried out with the aim of evaluating the relationship between eating disorders and body image in athletes and non-athlete students in Qazvin University of Medical Sciences. Method: 576 students include: 226 athletes students, 350 non-athletes students (293 female students and 283 male students) of the University of Medical Sciences were selected randomly-class. To collect information from the individual questionnaire, eating attitudes test(EAT-26), Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire (MBSRQ) were used. Results: The eating disorders rate in the athlete students and non-athlete students was estimated to be 11.5 % and 11.2% respectively and anorexia nervosa was found to be more dominant than bulimia nervosa in both groups. The students who had normal BMI enjoyed better from body image and suffered less from eating disorder (p