Prevalence of disordered eating behaviors and associated factors in Brazilian university students

2020 ◽  
pp. 026010602097113
Author(s):  
Ana Paula de Matos ◽  
Paulo Rogério Melo Rodrigues ◽  
Lorena Barbosa Fonseca ◽  
Márcia Gonçalves Ferreira ◽  
Ana Paula Muraro
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
University Students ◽  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Food Restriction ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Disordered Eating Behaviors ◽  
Factors Associated

Background: University students may be a vulnerable group to adopt unhealthy behaviors, including changes in eating behavior. Assessment of factors associated with the prevalence of disordered eating behaviors in this population may facilitate the early identification of their predictors, thus allowing fast interventions. Aim: To analyze the prevalence of disordered eating behaviors (DEB) and associated factors in Brazilian university students. Methods: Cross-sectional study of male and female students aged 16–25 years, enrolled in full-time degree program at a public university in the mid-west of Brazil. Disordered eating behaviors in the last three months (binge eating, purging, and food restriction), through an adapted version of the instrument developed by Hay, was evaluated and the association with demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, including lifestyle, body image, perceived stress, depressive symptoms, and excess weight, was analyzed. A hierarchical analysis model was performed to determine the relative importance of factors on the prevalence of DEB. Results: A total of 1608 university students were evaluated (50.7% male). Prevalence of DEB was 4.4% for binge eating, 2.5% for purging and 9.1% for food restriction, all of which were higher among women (7.0%, 4.4%, and 13.5%) compared with men (1.8%, 0,6%, and 4.9%, respectively). The factors that remained significantly associated with these behaviors were female sex, smoking, consumption of alcoholic beverages, dissatisfaction with body image, excess weight, high perceived stress, and presence of self-reported depressive symptoms. Conclusion: Factors associated with DEB signal that intervention is required to create synergy between individual and population-level interventions in lifestyle behaviors.

scholarly journals Body Image and Disordered Eating Among LGBTQ+ University Students and Recent Graduates in Rural Appalachia: A Thematic Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Devyn Savitsky
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
University Students ◽  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Disordered Eating Behaviors ◽  
Recent Graduates ◽  
Body Self ◽  
Rural Appalachia ◽  
The University

LGBTQ+ university students and recent graduates of a large rural Appalachian institution were interviewed for an exploratory thematic analysis on body image and disordered eating behaviors. While participants noted an overall sense of comfortability in the university setting, there were varying obstacles associated with navigating intersecting identities and physical presentation that were noted in the data. Excerpts from participant interviews were coded into five unique themes: (1) feeling “othered”/different from peers as well as fellow LGBTQ+ community members, (2) seeking comfortability with body/self, (3) facing stereotypes and image expectations based on presumed gender identity and/or sexual/affectional orientation, (4) general experiences as an LGBTQ+ community member in a rural university town, and (5) seeking increased support from the university. This study concludes that significant challenges related to body image are exacerbated by common experiences as a person in the LGBTQ+ community.

scholarly journals Disordered eating behaviors in university students in Hanoi, Vietnam

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nayeong Ko ◽  
Duong Minh Tam ◽  
Nguyen Kim Viet ◽  
Peter Scheib ◽  
Michael Wirsching ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Disordered Eating Behaviors

scholarly journals Are food restriction and pressure-to-eat parenting practices associated with adolescent disordered eating behaviors?

2013 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 310-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katie A. Loth ◽  
Richard F. MacLehose ◽  
Jayne A. Fulkerson ◽  
Scott Crow ◽  
Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
Keyword(s):  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Food Restriction ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Disordered Eating Behaviors

scholarly journals Prevalence and characteristics of disordered eating adolescents in cyprus: The influence of body image, situational dysphoria, self-esteem, and the media

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marios Argyrides ◽  
Evagelia Alexiou
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Normal Body Mass Index ◽  
Disordered Eating Behaviors ◽  
The Media ◽  
Eat 26

The purpose of the current study was threefold: a) to collect a very large representative sample of adolescents and assess for their levels of disordered eating behaviors; b) to describe the characteristics of adolescents with disordered eating behaviors in Cyprus based on the measures that were used in the study and c) to compare the adolescents with significant disordered eating behaviors (EAT-26 ≥ 20) to the ones without any disordered eating behaviors (EAT < 20) on all the variables of interest. A total of 2664 secondary school students responded to self-report measures assessing disordered eating, negative body image, situational dysphoria, self-esteem and media influences. Results indicated that 16.04% of the overall sample of adolescents scored significantly on the EAT-26 (21.4% of females and 8.4% of males). Results also indicated that the majority of the adolescents with disordered eating behaviors were female, mainly from average socioeconomic status, normal Body Mass Index and grew up and reside in an urban area. Finally, adolescents in the disordered eating behaviors group scored significantly lower on appearance satisfaction and self-esteem and significantly higher on appearance investment, weight-related anxiety, situational dysphoria, internalization of the thin and athletic ideals as well as feeling pressured from the media and considering the media as a good source of information. In conclusion, results indicate a substantial difference in levels of disordered eating in adolescents as compared to previous research in Cyprus. Possible explanations are addressed as well as implications for prevention strategies and future research ideas based on the findings.

scholarly journals Biopsychosocial factors associated with disordered eating behaviors in schizophrenia

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohsen Khosravi
Keyword(s):  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Tobacco Smoking ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Disordered Eating Behaviors ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients ◽  
Eat 26

Abstract Background Recent hypotheses have suggested that schizophrenic patients are more likely to consume unhealthy foods, causing increased rates of mortality and morbidity associated with metabolic syndrome. This raises the need for more in-depth research on disordered eating behaviors (DEBs) in schizophrenic patients. This study, therefore, aimed to investigate biopsychosocial factors associated with DEBs in schizophrenia. Methods In this cross-sectional study, a total of 308 participants (including 83 subjects in the active phase of schizophrenia, 71 subjects in the remission phase of schizophrenia, and 154 control subjects) were recruited through convenience sampling among patients who referred to the Baharan Psychiatric hospital in Zahedan, Iran. Patients were assessed through Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II), and Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). Data were analyzed using SPSS v25 software. Further, the statistical significance level was set at p < 0.05. Results The prevalence of DEBs was 41.5% in schizophrenic patients (vs. 10.3% in the control group, p = 0.012). No significant difference was observed in the EAT-26 scores based on gender and phases of schizophrenia. According to multiple linear regression analysis, lack of psychosocial rehabilitation, use of atypical antipsychotics, early stages of psychosis, high level of anxiety and depression, expression of more active psychotic symptoms, tobacco smoking, and suffering from type 2 diabetes were all associated with increased development of DEBs among schizophrenic patients. Conclusions Since the occurrence of DEBs is independent of different phases of schizophrenia, the risk of DEBs is required to be evaluated during the entire course of schizophrenia especially at earlier stages of schizophrenia. Moreover, the use of psychosocial interventions, treatment of affective disorders (i.e., anxiety and depression), antipsychotic medication switching, treatment of tobacco smoking and type 2 diabetes may reduce the risk of DEBs among schizophrenic patients. However, further investigations are required to prove the actual roles of the above factors in developing DEBs among schizophrenic patients.

A Qualitative Examination of Weight Concerns, Eating and Exercise Behaviors in Recreational Exercisers

2005 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erica Berman ◽  
Mary Jane De Souza ◽  
Gretchen Kerr
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Eating Problems ◽  
Weight Concerns ◽  
Psychological Benefits ◽  
Disordered Eating Behaviors ◽  
Exercise Behaviors ◽  
Qualitative Exploration

This study employed the method of qualitative exploration to examine the relationships between body image, exercise and eating behaviors. It also addressed a controversial question in the literature: Do weight and appearance concerns motivate physical activity participation or does participation in physical activity exacerbate weight and appearance concerns? Seven female recreational exercisers (ages 23 to 35) were interviewed about weight and appearance concerns, eating and exercise behaviors. All but one reported past or present disordered eating behaviors. While all of the women cited numerous physical and psychological benefits from physical activity, weight and appearance concerns were important motivators to exercise. For all participants, weight and appearance concerns as well as disordered eating problems led to the adoption of recreational fitness activities and not the reverse.

Disordered Eating Behaviors and Sexual Harassment in Italian Male and Female University Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (14) ◽  
pp. 2960-2974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrizia Romito ◽  
Carlotta Cedolin ◽  
Federica Bastiani ◽  
Marie-Josèphe Saurel-Cubizolles
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
University Students ◽  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Disordered Eating Behaviors

scholarly journals Defensive Responses to Early Memories with Peers: a Possible Pathway to Disordered Eating

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cláudia Ferreira ◽  
Joana Marta-Simões ◽  
Inês A. Trindade
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Early Memories ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Disordered Eating Behaviors ◽  
Defensive Responses ◽  
Mediator Role ◽  
Mental Health Difficulties ◽  
Positive Memories

AbstractChildhood and early adolescence experiences, specifically those that provide an adulthood enriched with warm and safe memories, are consistently stated in literature as powerful emotional regulators. In contrast, individuals who scarcely recall positive experiences may begin to believe that others see the self as inferior, inadequate and unattractive. In order to cope with a perceived loss of social desirability and achieve other’s acceptance, individuals may become submissive, and women, particularly, may resort to the presentation of a perfect body image. Both mechanisms are defensive responses suggested to be associated with mental health difficulties, particularly disordered eating behaviors. The present study aimed at exploring the association between early memories of warmth and safeness with peers and eating psychopathology. Also, a path analysis was conducted to investigate the mediator role of submissiveness and perfectionistic self-presentation focused on body image on this association, in a sample of 342 female students. Results revealed that the absence of early positive memories with peers holds a significant effect over eating psychopathology’s severity, and also that this effect is mediated through submissiveness and body image-related perfectionistic self-presentation. This model accounted for 13%, 19% and 51% of submissiveness, perfectionistic self-presentation of body image and eating psychopathology’s variances, respectively, and showed excellent model fit.

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