scholarly journals Principles of care for adolescent girls with eating disorders and body disturbances disorders: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 106-112
Author(s):  
A. A. Pichikov ◽  
Y. V. Popov ◽  
Y. A. Yakovleva ◽  
T. A. Salomatina
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Personal Contact ◽  
Simultaneous Increase ◽  
Outpatient Basis ◽  
Prevention And Treatment ◽  
Body Image Disorders ◽  
The Media ◽  
Restrictive Measures

The pandemic of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) has contributed to an increase in problems related to eating behavior and body image in the population. Various risk factors that have become relevant due to changes in the usual lifestyle have significantly affected the frequency of eating disorders in the adolescent population. This necessitated the adapting of new strategies for providing medical care in conditions of limited personal contact.The aim of the work is the methodological substantiation and systematization of modern approaches to the prevention and treatment of eating disorders, body image disorders and risk factors associated with them in adolescents in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic.Materials and methods. The methodological basis of the work is a comprehensive analysis of modern medical and social approaches and recommendations on the organization of assistance to adolescents with eating disorders and body image disorders, with a description of personal experience of using various interventions on an outpatient basis during the pandemic.Results: Prevention and treatment of eating disorders and body image disorders in adolescents during the pandemic should be aimed at specific risk factors those have proved to be the most relevant in connection with restrictive measures: involvement in body image-related social media content and active use of the media; reduction of physical activity with simultaneous increase in access to food; social isolation and reduction of social support; restriction of access to qualified care. The most reasonable approaches during the pandemic are the approaches focused on the family of a teenager using, if possible, remote forms of assistance.Conclusions: Currently, there are no norms and standards in the organization of assistance to adolescents with eating disorders and body image disorders in the pandemic context. However, the analysis of the implemented approaches aimed at various risk factors of these disorders will allow the use of the most effective preventive and therapeutic practices in the future.

Body Image, Eating Disorders, and the Media

2005 ◽  
pp. 521-546
Author(s):  
Marjorie J. Hogan ◽  
Victor C. Strasburger
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Body Image ◽  
The Media

Assessment methods for eating disorders and body image disorders

2010 ◽  
Vol 69 (6) ◽  
pp. 601-611 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ferenc Túry ◽  
Hayriye Güleç ◽  
Elisabeth Kohls
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Body Image Disorders

scholarly journals The Effects of Immigration and Media Influence on Body Image Among Pakistani Men

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 930-940 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheeba Saghir ◽  
Lynda Hyland
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
The Body ◽  
Media Influence ◽  
Immigrant Status ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Negative Body Image ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Body Image Disorders ◽  
The Media

This study examined the role of media influence and immigration on body image among Pakistani men. Attitudes toward the body were compared between those living in Pakistan ( n = 56) and those who had immigrated to the United Arab Emirates ( n = 58). Results of a factorial analysis of variance demonstrated a significant main effect of immigrant status. Pakistani men living in the United Arab Emirates displayed poorer body image than those in the Pakistan sample. Results also indicated a second main effect of media influence.Those highly influenced by the media displayed poorer body image. No interaction effect was observed between immigrant status and media influence on body image. These findings suggest that media influence and immigration are among important risk factors for the development of negative body image among non-Western men. Interventions designed to address the negative effects of the media and immigration may be effective at reducing body image disorders and other related health problems in this population.

A Psychophysiologically Controlled Exposure Treatment of Severe Body Image Distortion in Eating Disorders

1996 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 223-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pau Pérez Sales ◽  
Rosa Calvo Sagardoy ◽  
Teresa Ferrer Gila
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Size Estimation ◽  
Exposure Treatment ◽  
Body Image Disorders ◽  
Controlled Exposure ◽  
Body Size Estimation ◽  
Image Problems

Although body image problems are a major prognostic factor in the course of eating disorders, its treatment has received little attention in the research literature. We present two psychophysiologically controlled cases of intensive exposure treatment with conflicting outcomes. Pre-post treatment assessments included measurements of body size estimation, body related avoidant attitudes and body dissatisfaction. In case 1, although dissatisfaction and avoidant attitudes decreased, body size overestimation remained basically unchanged. Case 2 did not improve. Psychophysiological recordings showed a covert avoidance of treatment stimuli. We discuss the pros and the cons of the treatment, and the implications for the use of exposure therapy in body image disorders.

scholarly journals Examining multidimensional risk factors for all populations affected by eating disorders

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dylan Park ◽  
Susanna Im
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
Body Style ◽  
Ideal Body Image ◽  
Ideal Body ◽  
The One

Decades of studies conducted on eating disorders have given researchers a better understanding of the risk factors of eating disorders. Nevertheless, the complexity of eating disorders results in studies only being able to test a limited sample population, making it difficult to generalize results to the general public. Research must also actively investigate the effect of ongoing technological advancements that have transformed the way people interact with one another on the development of eating disorders. The current study used a literature review style approach to address these current limitations in eating disorder research by analyzing all populations that are affected by eating disorders and the involved risk factors. The research question that this study sought to answer was why only a certain group of individuals develop eating disorders when the entire population is exposed to risk factors. The main hypothesis of this study was whether the internalization of an ideal body style different from the one that an individually currently had while using maladaptive ways to achieve this ideal body image was sufficient to developing an eating disorder. The results supported the hypothesis, as the common theme among all sample populations was that the idealized body style, shape, and size was simply different from the one that individuals currently had. The extent to which this different body style was internalized as well as the extent to which maladaptive measures were taken to achieve this ideal body image was associated with increased vulnerability and likelihood of developing an eating disorder.

scholarly journals BODY IMAGE AMONG ADOLESCENTS WITH EATING DISORDERS

2019 ◽  
pp. 198-204
Author(s):  
D. Ivanov ◽  
A. Khokhrina
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Eating Behavior ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Research Results ◽  
External Eating ◽  
The Media ◽  
People’S Attitudes ◽  
Experiment Analysis

The features of perception by adolescents of their own appearance as a factor favoring the emergence of eating disorders have been considered. The analysis of literature on psychological characteristics of people’s attitudes to themselves and their bodies has been made. It has been noted, that people’s attitudes to themselves and their bodies can cause eating disorders. The role of the media, which can provoke growing number of eating disorders, has been considered. The experiment, analysis of the research results of features of eating behavior among adolescents, dissatisfied with their own appearance, has been described. It has been shown, that adolescents, unsatisfied with their own appearance, often resort to restrictive and external eating behavior

scholarly journals Body-cult television advertisement recall among young women suffering from anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro del Moral-Agúndez ◽  
Maria-Victoria Carrillo-Durán
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Television Advertising ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Television Program ◽  
Control Group ◽  
The Media ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Cult Television

Abstract Advertising conveys an aesthetic model that seems to have a negative influence on young women. However, it is unclear whether the media are the cause, or only act as a reinforcement of disorders related to body image, such as those associated with eating behavior (anorexia or bulimia). This study measures the influence that advertising (measured by recall scores) during a television program has on women with eating disorders (anorexia or bulimia) compared to healthy women. Experimental study of exploratory nature performed on a sample of young women with eating disorders and a control group. The influence of advertising was estimated by recall scores, obtained after viewing a real television program, which included two commercial breaks containing two kinds of ads: body cult advertising (showing thinness or promoting it) and neutral advertising. Young women with eating disorders better recall advertisements showing thinness and products for weight loss and pay less attention to other types targeted at their age and gender group. Television advertising seems to be more of a reinforcement for these women who are already dissatisfied with their body, rather than a direct cause of their body image disorder.

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