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Validity of the Arabic version of the eating attitude test

Abdullah Al‐Subaie · Sulaiman Abdullah Alshammari · Elijah Afolabi Bamgboye · Khalid N. Al-Sabhan · Sulaiman Nasser Al-Shehri · Azzah Ramadan Sayed Bannah

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Eating Disorders and Behaviors Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

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OBJECTIVES: To assess the validity of the Eating Attitude Test (EAT-26) in Arabic as a screening instrument in nonclinical populations. METHODS: A representative sample of Grade 7-12 female students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was selected randomly but proportional to various social classes. The girls were independently assessed by the EAT-26 and a structured clinical interview. RESULTS: One hundred twenty-nine subjects were included. Twenty-five were identified by EAT-26 as having abnormal eating attitudes. One case was identified as anorexia nervosa by the interview and no cases of bulimia were found. DISCUSSION: EAT-26 was found to be highly sensitive and reasonably specific. Like some other studies in non-Western populations, it yielded a high false positive rate and a low positive predictive value. Because of its low cost and practicality, EAT-26 might be a useful tool in screening large populations for eating disorders.

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