A Review of College Girls’ Eating Manner Measurement Tool

This research applies the criteria for qualitative evaluation on the tool for measuring eating manner, and selecting the most appropriate tool for measuring Korean college girls’ eating manner in the most qualitative manner. Researches were done through PubMed on papers published on journals from 2003 to 2013, with the main search words as “eating attitude”, “eating disorder.” Using pre-determined inclusion criteria, two reviews independently studies for full-text review, extracting data and grading instrument validity using an eating manner tool. Out of the final 15 papers selected in this research, a total of 8 tools were used to measure college girls’ eating manner As the final result of applying each tool’s qualitative criteria, EDE-Q and EDDS was selected as the best qualitative tool with 14 points, EDI-2 had 11 points, EAT-40 and EAT-26 with 10 points, DRES and EDI with 9 points, SCOFF with 4 points. Therefore, by applying EDE-Q and EDDS which had the same total score in further researches, the validity of Korean college students’ eating manner can be compared and evaluated, and the foundation for confirming and evaluating structural model is established. Based upon this research, there is a necessity for the follow up of confirming the eating manner tool which acts best criteria by applying EDE-Q and EDDS with Korean college girls as targets. Also, considering a change in male aesthetic criteria and heightened attention on appearances, positive research on whether there are gender differences is required.