Beyond femininity or masculinity: gender typologies and healthy eating in early adulthood.

Autor: González-Pascual JL; Department of Nursing and Nutrition, School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, c/ Tajo s/n, Villaviciosa de Odón, 28670, Madrid, Spain. juanluis.gonzalez2@universidadeuropea.es., Esteban-Gonzalo S; Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment II, School of Psychology. Campus de Somosaguas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28223, Madrid, Spain.; Department of Psychology. School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, c/ Tajo s/n, Villaviciosa de Odón, 28670, Madrid, Spain., Veiga ÓL; Department of Physical Education, Sport and Human Movement. School of Teacher Training and Education, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, c/ Francisco Tomás y Valiente, 28049, Madrid, Spain., Esteban-Gonzalo L; Department of Nursing and Nutrition, School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, c/ Tajo s/n, Villaviciosa de Odón, 28670, Madrid, Spain.; Department of Nursing. School of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Plaza de Ramón y Cajal, 3, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: European journal of nutrition [Eur J Nutr] 2024 Mar; Vol. 63 (2), pp. 357-364. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Nov 04.
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-023-03268-9
Abstrakt: Purpose: In the field of health sciences gender is often confused with biological sex (male/female) or reduced to a dichotomous classification (masculinity/femininity). The concepts of sex and gender interact with each other, but they are not equivalent. According to Sandra Bem four gender typologies can be established (androgynous, masculine, feminine and undifferentiated). A relationship has been shown to exist between gender and health. Yet, there is little evidence as to the relationship between gender typologies and adherence to the Mediterranean diet. The aim of this research is to evaluate the association between Bem's gender typologies and adherence to the Mediterranean diet.
Methods: Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener (MEDAS) and Bem's gender typologies were the main variables. Sex, age, socioeconomic status (SES), body mass index (BMI) and obesity were analyzed as covariates.
Results: Multilevel multivariate analysis showed that androgynous typology was associated with increased adherence to Mediterranean diet (β = 0.46 (SE 0.21), p = 0.033), adjusting by covariates, in a university population in Spain. Moreover, this was not the case with masculinity or femininity typologies.
Conclusion: Thus, the results of this study suggest (1) that androgynous typology is not only associated with better mental health but also with healthy/healthier lifestyles, and (2) the complexity of the relationship between sex-gender and health would advise researchers avoid dichotomies such as male/female or masculinity/femininity.
(© 2023. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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