Eating attitudes in high school students in the Philippines: a preliminary study.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of abnormal eating attitudes among high school students from Pasig Catholic College in the Philippines. METHODS: Two survey questionnaires, the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) and Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI), were administered to 932 high school students. The height and weight of the subjects were measured, and their body mass indices (BMI) calculated. RESULTS: The prevalence of abnormal eating attitudes according to the EAT scores was 14.5 +/- 3.2% among males and 15.0 +/- 3.5% among females, comparable to the 7-22% found in Western countries. There was a weak correlation between the EAT scores and BMI (r=0.180, p=0.01), and between the EAT scores and Beck's Depression Inventory (r=0.187, p=0.01). CONCLUSIONS: The results indicate the presence of abnormal eating attitudes among Filipino high school students from Pasig Catholic College, which suggests that further study of eating disorders and their associated risks is warranted.

[Prognostic value of the electroencephalogram in hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy]. / Valor pronóstico del electroencefalograma en la encefalopatía hipóxico-isquémica (EHI).

In order to check the prognostic implications of EEG tracings in hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), we carried out prospective EEG recordings in 116 newborn babies (65 term and 51 premature) admitted to our neonatal intensive care unit as a result of perinatal asphyxia. Forty term neonates were found to have critical and/or intercritical epileptiform EEG alterations; the developmental results of 23 of these cases (57.5%) were adverse and were favorable in 17 cases (42.5%). Given that unfavorable results occurred in only 4 of the other 25 term neonates, the epileptiform EEG alterations were statistically significant for adverse developmental results (p < 0.005). Of the premature neonates, 29 were found to have critical and/or intercritical epileptiform EEG alterations. The developmental results were adverse in 19 of these children (65.5%) and favorable in 10 cases (34.8%). The statistical evaluation in this case showed a barely significant difference (p < 0.005) between epileptiform EEG alterations and poor developmental outcome when uncorrected age was used, and no statistically significant difference when corrected age was used. Thus, we conclude that although epileptiform EEG anomalies may serve as markers for neurological development impairments, they must be considered in conjunction with the background EEG tracing.