THE EFFECT OF GENDER TO ORTHOREXIA NERVOSA TENDENCY IN ADULTS

Objective: the aim of this study was to determine the effects of gender to orthorexia nervosa tendency in adults. methods: a total of 618 people (399 women and 219 men) participated in the survey. a questionnaire was applied to determine the socio-demographic information and nutrition habits of the individuals participating in the study. the orto-11 scale was used to evaluate the orthorectic tendency. chi square test and mann whitney u test were used. pearson or spearman correlation test was used for correlation analysis. cramer's v coefficient was applied when at least one of the two variables was nominal. statistical analyses were carried out by spss. results: there was a statistically significant difference between marital status level of education, occupation and gender. in this study 49,8% of the participants are skip meals (women: 63,6%; men: 58,0%). both genders have most often skip lunch meal. in this study mean of orto-11 score was 26.3 ± 3.61 for women and 26.9 ± 3.85 for men. 71,4% of the women and 28,6% of the males were orto-11 score was <24 (p<0,05). orto-11 score had negative correlations with bmi and age (p>0,05). conclusion: in this study, women had more orthorectic tendency than men and a statistically significant difference was observed between gender and orthorectic tendency.