Body weight satisfaction and disordered eating among youth who are active in sport in Singapore

Abstract Body dissatisfaction has been extensively studied but, recently, the importance of body satisfaction and its attributing factors has received significant recognition. Also, there is an increasing awareness of the need for research examining body dissatisfaction and satisfaction in youth other than North American females. Thus, the current research examined the prevalence of, and the individual, social, and familial factors associated with, body-weight satisfaction among New Zealand male and female adolescents (n=9107). Data were analysed from Youth ’07, a nationally representative survey of New Zealand secondary school students. Overall, half of students were happy with their weight, with significantly more males than females reporting body-weight satisfaction. Students happiest with their weight were most likely to report healthy and supportive social and family environments, as well as higher levels of well-being. These findings are consistent with a growing body of research that suggests creating positive peer and family environments may lead to better developmental outcomes, such as body satisfaction, and also higher levels of well-being.

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Gender and Racial Differences in Emotional Eating, Food Addiction Symptoms, and Body Weight Satisfaction among Undergraduates

Journal of Diabetes and Obesity ◽

10.15436/2376-0494.15.035 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2 (4) ◽

pp. 1-6 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Sharon Thompson ◽

Keyword(s):

Body Weight ◽

Racial Differences ◽

Emotional Eating ◽

Food Addiction ◽

Weight Satisfaction

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Adolescent Perceptions of Body Weight and Weight Satisfaction

Perceptual and Motor Skills ◽

10.2466/pms.1995.81.1.81 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 81 (1) ◽

pp. 81-82 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Randy M. Page ◽

Ola Allen

Keyword(s):

Body Weight ◽

Weight Satisfaction ◽

Adolescent Perceptions

Analysis of perception of body weight and weight satisfaction among 1,915 adolescents showed that a perception of being too fat was particularly dissatisfying for girls while a perception of being much too thin was most dissatisfying for boys.

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Exacerbating Factors Eating Disorder Risk in Bodybuilding Athletes

10.20944/preprints202104.0471.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Dimitris Efthymiou ◽

Lampros Kokokiris ◽

Christina Mesiari ◽

Emilia Vassilopoulou

Keyword(s):

Body Weight ◽

Eating Disorder ◽

Disordered Eating ◽

Emotional Eating ◽

Eating Behaviors ◽

Preventive Intervention ◽

Ideal Body Weight ◽

Eating Attitude ◽

Increased Risk ◽

Eat 26

The passion of bodybuilding athletes for a symmetric, lean, heavily muscled body leads them to carry out exhausting exercise programs and restrictive eating regimens, sometimes resulting in disordered eating behaviors. This study investigates potential exacerbators on the development of disordered eating in bodybuilding and strength athletes. The study involved 103 Cypriot bodybuilding athletes of both sexes, performing at three levels: professional, recreational and strength athletes. The Eating Attitude Test 26 (EAT-26) and The Three Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ-R21) were used to evaluate disordered eating and eating behaviors respectively. The current study was performed under the auspices of the Hellenic Center of Education & Treatment of Eating Disorders (KEADD). The degree of deviation between the perceived ideal body weight and the actual body weight was associated with increased risk of eating disorder. Athletes who desired a lower body weight recorded higher scores on EAT-26 overall, and the subscales of dieting and bulimia. Cognitive restraint and emotional eating scales of TFEQ-R21 were more pronounced in the non-professional athletes. The emotional eating score was higher in women. There is a need for appropriate sport-specific, gender-specific preventive intervention to deescalate the risk of eating disorder, in both professional and non-professional bodybuilding athletes.

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Do Individuals with Eating Disorders See Their Own External and/or Internal Beauty?

10.5772/intechopen.97508 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Martha Peaslee Levine

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

Body Image ◽

Body Weight ◽

Anorexia Nervosa ◽

Disordered Eating ◽

Sense Of Self ◽

Self Perception ◽

Self Worth

It has been well documented that individuals struggling with eating disorders don’t have clear perceptions of their own bodies. Yet they overly rely on their body image as their sense of self. Even the criteria of certain eating disorders recognize that individuals are strongly affected by their body weight and shape, which is often seen through a distorted lens. Individuals with eating disorders, particularly anorexia nervosa, struggle not only with recognizing their external beauty but also their internal positive qualities. Their perfectionism and critical sense of self leads them to have negative views of their beauty and self-worth. This chapter will look at some of the reasons individuals with eating disorders struggle to appreciate their own beauty, internally as well as externally, and will offer some tools to help with these struggles. Many individuals, even those without disordered eating, struggle with critical self-perception. Perhaps this chapter can help us all become more compassionate to ourselves as we consider our external and internal aspects of beauty.

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