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More students with overweight and obesity scored above the established EAT\u201026 cut off value indicating at risk of disordered eating compared to students who were at a normal weight or underweight (52.1% vs. 38.8%, respectively, <jats:italic>X<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>(1) =16.1, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &lt; .001). Logistic regression analyses showed significantly higher odds ratios (ORs) for the groups with overweight and obesity for dieting and bulimic behaviors, while women at normal and underweight had higher ORs for restrictive oral control behaviors associated with anorexia nervosa. Distorted weight perception was found in all weight categories.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The high proportion of disordered eating attitudes among Kuwaiti college women could not be attributed to obesity alone as the type of disordered eating behavior varied more by weight perception than by weight status. The high levels of eating disorder related symptoms could be due to a combination of the social influences, diet, and lifestyle of college students. Such factors need to be considered by healthcare professionals as early as possible with more focused programs towards promotion of healthy weight for college students.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/eat.22852","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,2,28]],"date-time":"2018-02-28T05:14:14Z","timestamp":1519794854000},"page":"449-458","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":31,"title":["Distorted weight perception correlates with disordered eating attitudes in Kuwaiti college women"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"51","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9349-2144","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dalal","family":"Alkazemi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Life Sciences Kuwait University, P.O. 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