Prevalence of distorted body image in young Koreans and its association with age, sex, body weight status, and disordered eating behaviors
| Autor: | Moon-Doo Kim, Won-Myong Bahk, Seong-Chul Hong, Bo Hyun Yoon, Mi-Yeul Hyun, Chang-In Lee, K. Lee, Young-Eun Jung |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Gerontology
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment distorted body image business.industry Body weight weight status BMI Distorted body image disordered eating behaviors young Koreans Medicine Eating Attitude Test Disordered eating business Association (psychology) Weight status Clinical psychology Original Research |
| Zdroj: | Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment |
| ISSN: | 1178-2021 1176-6328 |
| Popis: | Seong-Chul Hong,1 Young-Eun Jung,2 Moon-Doo Kim,2 Chang-In Lee,2 Mi-Yeul Hyun,3 Won-Myong Bahk,4 Bo-Hyun Yoon,5 Kwang Heun Lee6 1Department of Preventive Medicine, 2Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, 3College of Nursing, Jeju National University, Jeju, Republic of Korea; 4Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea; 5Department of Psychiatry, Naju National Hospital, Naju, Republic of Korea; 6Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Republic ofKorea Purpose: To define the prevalence of distorted body image in 10–24-year-old Koreans and determine its relationship with sex, age, body weight status, and disordered eating behaviors.Methods: A total of 3,227 young Koreans were recruited from elementary, middle, and high schools, as well as from universities. The participants completed a self-reported questionnaire on body image, eating behaviors (Eating Attitude Test-26), and body weight status.Results: The prevalence of a distorted body image in males was 49.7% and that in females was 51.2%. Distorted body image was more frequent in adolescents (age, 10–17 years) than in young adults (age, 18–24 years). The highest prevalence (55.3%) was reported in female elementary school students (age, 10–12 years). Distorted body image was associated with disordered eating behaviors and abnormal body weight status.Conclusion: These results suggest that distorted body image is a public health problem, given its high frequency in young Koreans, and that it is associated with abnormal body weight status and disordered eating behaviors. Keywords: distorted body image, weight status, disordered eating behaviors, young Koreans, Eating Attitude Test, BMI |
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