EATING DISORDER IN CHILDREN
Authors:   Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Pediatric Nephrology Department in East Jeddah General Hospital, KSA., Mohammed Alrsheedy Mariam , Jehad Abousada Hoda ,   Obestetric& Gynecology MROG, Master SA, KAMC, Jeddah, KSA., Abdul Rahman Hafiz Halah ,   Assistant Professor, Umm Alqura University, Makkah, KSA., Mohammed Alluhaibi Wed ,   Pediatric Residents, East Jeddah Hospital, Jeddah, KSA., Mohammed Alateeq Maram ,   Pediatric Residents, East Jeddah Hospital, Jeddah, KSA., Ahmed Bakry Maria ,   Pediatric Residents, East Jeddah Hospital, Jeddah, KSA., Azhari Alazhari Bashaer ,   Pediatric Residents, East Jeddah Hospital, Jeddah, KSA., Mohammed Babdullah Fatma ,   Dietitian, Althaghar General Hospital, Jeddah, KSA., Ibn Al Muataz Ezzi Abdulrahman ,   General Practitioner, KSA., Saud Alotaibi Saad ,   General Practitioner, KSA., Ali Hamdi Abdullah ,   General Practitioner, KSA., Abdullah Aljohar Manar ,   General Practitioner, KSA., Awadh Alrashdi Abdulaziz ,   Medical Intern, KSA., Abdullah Albesher Mohammed ,   Medical Intern, KSA., Ismail Marzouk Sarah ,   Medical Student 6th Year, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, KSA.
Published: January 2023

Background:Evidence-based treatment and service design should reflect the perspectives of parents with eating disorders among their children on useful parts of care, but there is a lack of data to do so.This research aimed in assessing the effects of eating disorders that are prevailing among children in a detailed perspective. Methods:This research work involved following a cross-sectional approach of study and therefore included collecting first-hand data. This was accomplished through the conduction of the survey and data that are considered through the conduction of the survey are quantitative in nature. This would help in enhanced perception of the eating disorders that are prevailing in children. The method that would be employed for considering the size of the sample is stratified random sampling. The survey involved conducting a survey of children who falls within the age range of 10-17years of age. Results: The study included 572 children. Most of parents are concerned about the change in the eating disorder among their children (n= 420, 73.4%). Most of parents believe that eating habits can affect the rising in eating disorders (n= 486, 85%). Furthermore, parents think that reducing oily and junk food may help in minimizing eating disorders among their children (n= 456, 79.7%). Their most frequent answer was loss of appetite (n= 241, 42.1%). Figure 1 shows the distribution of parents answers. In addition, parents responded that it is minimal painful to lead a life with an excessively heavyweight (n= 228, 39.9%). They answered low-carbohydrate content food with no sugar (n= 253, 44.2%) while green vegetables came in the second place (n= 209, 36.5%) followed by fruits (n= 110, 19.2%). Conclusion:The studys findings revealed that the most common symptom reported by youngsters with eating disorders was a decrease in appetite. Parents said it hurt just somewhat to have to care for an overweight child all the time. The ideal option, according to parents, is meals with minimal carbohydrate content and no added sugar. According to parent reports, a healthy diet is the most effective weapon against childhood eating problems.