{"id":121140,"date":"2018-04-21T08:00:30","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T00:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=121140"},"modified":"2018-04-21T01:40:48","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T17:40:48","slug":"night-eating-syndrome-and-emotional-states-in-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=121140","title":{"rendered":"Night eating syndrome and emotional states in students"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Arwa Khan<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

University students are exposed to many factors related to Night Eating Syndrome (NES), an eating disorder that may be associated with obesity and other emotional states among students.<\/p>\n

Eating disorders can and do occur in teenagers, even in young children. But its during the college years that young people, especially women, are most at risk for developing them.<\/p>\n

The challenges of college life, adding pressure to underlying mental health issues, create a \u0153perfect storm\u009d for these disorders, the most common of which are anorexia\u00c2\u00a0and bulimia.<\/p>\n

The storm occurs when the realities of college life\u201dincreased workload, less structure, and more focus on peers\u201dcollide with anxieties, learning issues, or poor self-esteem.<\/p>\n

A fresher in IIUM who was able to manage stress and stay afloat during high school with a lot of hard work and support from his parents, now finds himself drowning in the confusing, complicated world of college life.<\/p>\n

\u0153College life can be a time of a lot of excitement and stimulation and also a lot of stress. It asks young people who are not yet adults to act in a very adult way,\u009d said Hussein Menshawi, an engineering student.<\/p>\n

Eating disorders develop when the need to feel control over a stressful environment is channelled through food restriction, over-exercise, and an unhealthy focus on body weight.<\/p>\n

Its not just the increased workload and the disruption of an accustomed schedule. Its also a whole new set of peers who are unpredictable, starting with a new roommate (and that roommates love of death metal, or late-night visits from her significant other).<\/p>\n

And managing your food intake in college, famous for midnight pizza and shawarma<\/em> runs and all-you-can eat dining halls, is a whole new ballgame. Unscheduled, unhealthy eating can cause problems for anyone, but for students struggling with eating issues it can wreak havoc on self-control and self-esteem.<\/p>\n

In Malaysia, dinner time is normally done by 6 or 7 p.m. But when students are normally under emotional or physical distress, they are forced to have eating disorders by having these so called \u0153midnight munchies\u009d.<\/p>\n

Most importantly, night eating syndrome is not just your midnight munchies; night eating syndrome is a serious burden on those who live with it, and we must be the ones to incite that change in those who feel alone.<\/p>\n

Night eating syndrome criteria include skipping breakfast, night eating, and sleep difficulties. It is associated with mood disturbances, particularly depression, and may contribute to later obesity development. ***<\/p>\n

Pic credit to Irishtimes.com<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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