Eating Behaviour and Attitudes to Weight and Shape in British Women from Three Ethnic Groups

1990 ◽  
Vol 157 (4) ◽  
pp. 523-528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bridget Dolan ◽  
J. Hubert Lacey ◽  
Chris Evans
Keyword(s):  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Ethnic Differences ◽  
Eating Behaviour ◽  
Eating Attitudes ◽  
The Other ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Asian Women ◽  
Caucasian Women ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Disordered Eating Attitudes

Attitudes towards eating, weight and shape were examined in 479 Caucasian, Afro-Caribbean and Asian British women. The Asian women were found to have significantly more disordered eating attitudes than the Caucasian women, but no difference was found between the three groups in their concern with their body weight and shape. However, while in the Caucasian group disordered eating attitudes were significantly positively correlated with feelings of anxiety and depression, this was not true in the other two groups. Although the concerns of British Afro-Caribbean and Asian women are similar to those of the Caucasian women, there may be ethnic differences in the relationship between feelings about eating, weight and shape and mood.

scholarly journals Eating Attitudes, Self-Dissatisfaction and Emotional Distress Among Early Adolescents in Hawai'i: A Gender Comparison

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeanne L. Edman ◽  
Alayne Yates ◽  
Mara Aruguete ◽  
John Draeger
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Emotional Distress ◽  
Early Adolescents ◽  
Eating Attitudes ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Gender Comparison ◽  
Psychological Constructs ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
Disordered Eating Attitudes

AbstractThe present study examines whether there are gender differences in eating attitudes among a sample of early adolescents in Hawai'i. A total of 79 female and 65 male 7th graders completed a survey that included measures of eating attitudes and other psychological constructs. Contrary to our prediction, males reported higher levels of disordered eating attitudes and body dissatisfaction than females. However, there were no gender differences in symptom levels of anxiety and depression. Eating attitudes were associated with symptoms of depression, anxiety and self-dissatisfaction among females, while only self-dissatisfaction was associated with eating attitudes among males. The findings fail to support past studies that suggest females report more disordered eating attitudes than males.

The Relationship of Yoga, Body Awareness, and Body Responsiveness to Self-Objectification and Disordered Eating

2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer J. Daubenmier
Keyword(s):  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Body Satisfaction ◽  
Body Awareness ◽  
Eating Attitudes ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Body Responsiveness ◽  
Self Objectification ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Disordered Eating Attitudes

Study 1 tested whether yoga practice is associated with greater awareness of and responsiveness to bodily sensations, lower self-objectification, greater body satisfaction, and fewer disordered eating attitudes. Three samples of women (43 yoga, 45 aerobic, and 51 nonyoga/nonaerobic practitioners) completed questionnaire measures. As predicted, yoga practitioners reported more favorably on all measures. Body responsiveness, and, to some extent, body awareness significantly explained group differences in self-objectification, body satisfaction, and disordered eating attitudes. The mediating role of body awareness, in addition to body responsiveness, between self-objectification and disordered eating attitudes was also tested as proposed in objectification theory ( Fredrickson & Roberts, 1997 ). Body responsiveness, but not awareness, mediated the relationship between self-objectification and disordered eating attitudes. This finding was replicated in Study 2 in a sample of female undergraduate students. It is concluded that body responsiveness and, to some extent, body awareness are related to self-objectification and its consequences.

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