Abstract
This study is centered on eating disorder among female University
Undergraduates and its ameliorating strategies in University of Nigeria.
Four research questions and four null hypotheses guided the study. The
study adopted case study research design. The population for the study
was 4,561 second year female students of the University as at 2014/2015
session. A purposive sample of 456 was drawn for the study. Data was
analyzed using mean scores, standard deviation and t-test at 0.05 level
of significance. Results showed that social, financial and health
problems were associated with eating disorder syndrome among the
respondents. These include, among others feeling guilty after eating
and feeling terrified about overweight; taking laxatives or self induced
purging after eating food and spending more money on health care. The
findings further showed that the female students tend to exhibit
extreme loss of weight and experience irregular menstrual period due
to poor eating habits. It was recommended that talking it over with
parents, teacher/ lecturer or counsel on how to improve the eating plan,
and restore lost weight is important. The female undergraduate
students should also not skip breakfast and stick to a regular eating
schedule among others.