Body image perception, smoking, alcohol use, indoor tanning, and disordered eating in young and middle-aged adults: findings from a large population-based Swedish study
| Autor: | Peeter Fredlund, Mattias Strand, Cecilia Boldemann, Anton Lager |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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050103 clinical psychology medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Alcohol Drinking Epidemiology Indoor tanning Disordered eating Feeding and Eating Disorders 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 030212 general & internal medicine Young adult Stockholm public health cohort Aged Sweden Public health business.industry lcsh:Public aspects of medicine 05 social sciences Body Weight Smoking Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health lcsh:RA1-1270 Middle Aged Body image Cohort Population study Biostatistics business Alcohol Body mass index Demography Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BMC Public Health BMC Public Health, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 1471-2458 |
| Popis: | Background Body image concerns may give rise to a multitude of risk behaviors, such as unhealthy weight control practices, disordered eating behaviors (e.g., compensatory purging or preoccupation with food), smoking, excessive alcohol intake, or sunbed use. However, the distribution of these risk behaviors across adulthood has rarely been studied. Methods The aim of this study was to explore health risk behaviors as correlates of body image perception in a randomly selected study population of 30,245 individuals aged 30–66 in Stockholm, Sweden, utilizing data from the Stockholm Public Health Cohort. Bivariate correlations were explored and a hierarchic binary logistic regression analysis was performed. Results The prevalence of body image discrepancy was higher among smokers and respondents displaying disordered eating behaviors. In contrast, alcohol and sunbed use were inversely correlated to body image discrepancy. Body mass index was the substantially strongest explanatory factor behind the observed variance in body image discrepancy, followed by loss-of-control eating. Notably, no major gender differences in body image perception were detected. Some unexpected patterns of association between variables other than body image perception, such as those between smoking, alcohol use, and sunbed use, were seen. Conclusions Overall, the patterns differ substantially from what has previously been found in adolescent and young adult samples, indicating that the synergy and aggregation of risk behaviors observed among younger individuals may not apply to adults aged 30–66. |
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