Diyetin İnflamatuvar Potansiyelinin Yeme Tutumu ve İştah ile İlişkisi: Beslenme ve Diyetetik Öğrencileri Üzerine Bir Çalışma

Abstract

Objective: The dietary inflammatory index (DII) is an index that examines the effects of dietary components on serum pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory indicators. In the studies, it was observed that the presence of inflammation caused a change in nutrient intake, and eating attitudes also influence dietary inflammatory processes. But studies that examine the relationship between dietary inflammatory potential, eating attitude, and appetite in the literature are very few and limited. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between dietary inflammatory potential, eating attitude and appetite of the students of the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics. Method: Questions including sociodemographic characteristics and nutritional status, EAT-40 to evaluate eating attitudes, Simplified Nutritional Appetite Questionnaire (SNAQ) for assessment of appetite, and a questionnaire containing 3-day dietary recall record were applied to calculate the dietary inflammatory indices of the participants. Results: The average age of the students was 22 years and 91.9% of them were female. The frequency of the normal weight group was 69.4% and 78.3% of the students skipped meals, the most frequently skipped meal was lunch with 40.5%. Most of the students had a normal eating attitude with 92.3 percent. It was found that 95.1% of the students with normal eating attitudes were female, 49.3% were 4th-grade undergraduates and 70% were of normal weight. It was found that 91.1% of the students whose appetite status was not impaired were women and 48.9% were 4th-grade undergraduates. Most of the students with anti-inflammatory diet potential were female with 93% and, 45% were 4th-grade undergraduates while 70% of them were of normal weight. No statistically significant correlation was found between the students' EAT-40 scores and BMI, between EAT-40 and DII scores, and between BMI and DII scores (p>0.05). It was found that students' EAT-40 scores did not significantly affect DII scores (p>0.05), and BMI did not significantly affect DII scores (p>0.05). Conclusion: Dietary inflammatory potential has no effect on eating attitude and appetite.