Prevalence and associated factors of symptoms of pica among adolescent schoolchildren in northern Sudan: a cross-sectional study
Plain English summary We conducted this study from July to September 2022 to estimate the rate of adolescents who would eat non-food items (pica) in Sudan. We gathered sociodemographic characteristics through a questionnaire. Of the 384 enrolled adolescents, 180 (46.9%) were male and 204 (53.1%) wer...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-03-01
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| Series: | Journal of Eating Disorders |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-023-00777-0 |
| Summary: | Plain English summary We conducted this study from July to September 2022 to estimate the rate of adolescents who would eat non-food items (pica) in Sudan. We gathered sociodemographic characteristics through a questionnaire. Of the 384 enrolled adolescents, 180 (46.9%) were male and 204 (53.1%) were female. We found that 118 (30.7%) adolescents would eat non-food items (pica) and that the most common type was eating clay and sand (102 adolescents, 86.4%), followed by eating ice (14 adolescents, 11.8%) and flour (starch; 2 adolescents, 1.6%). Females and those with a lower level of father’s education were likely to eat non-food items. |
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| ISSN: | 2050-2974 |