A study of changes in genetic and environmental influences on weight and shape concern across adolescence.

2013 ◽  
Vol 122 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracey D. Wade ◽  
Narelle K. Hansell ◽  
Ross D. Crosby ◽  
Rachel Bryant-Waugh ◽  
Janet Treasure ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Influences ◽  
Shape Concern ◽  
Weight And Shape Concern

Do universal media literacy programs have an effect on weight and shape concern by influencing media internalization?

2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (7) ◽  
pp. 731-738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracey D. Wade ◽  
Simon M. Wilksch ◽  
Susan J. Paxton ◽  
Susan M. Byrne ◽  
S. Bryn Austin
Keyword(s):  
Media Literacy ◽  
Literacy Programs ◽  
Shape Concern ◽  
Media Internalization ◽  
Weight And Shape Concern

scholarly journals Community norms for the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) among gender-expansive populations

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason M. Nagata ◽  
Emilio J. Compte ◽  
Chloe J. Cattle ◽  
Annesa Flentje ◽  
Matthew R. Capriotti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Subscale Score ◽  
Transgender Women ◽  
Global Score ◽  
Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire ◽  
Excessive Exercise ◽  
Eating Disorder Examination ◽  
Community Norms ◽  
Shape Concern ◽  
Weight And Shape Concern

Abstract Purpose Gender-expansive individuals (i.e., those who identify outside of the binary system of man or woman) are a marginalized group that faces discrimination and have a high burden of mental health problems, but there is a paucity of research on eating disorders in this population. This study aimed to describe the community norms for the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) in gender-expansive populations. Methods The participants were 988 gender-expansive individuals (defined as neither exclusively cisgender nor binary transgender) from The PRIDE study, an existing longitudinal cohort study of health outcomes in sexual and gender minority people. Results We present the mean scores, standard deviations, and percentile ranks for the Global score and four subscale scores of the EDE-Q in this group as a whole and stratified by sex assigned at birth. Gender-expansive individuals reported any occurrence (≥1/28 days) of dietary restraint (23.0%), objective binge episodes (12.9%), excessive exercise (7.4%), self-induced vomiting (1.4%), or laxative misuse (1.2%). We found no statistically significant differences by sex assigned at birth. Compared to a prior study of transgender men and women, there were no significant differences in eating attitudes or disordered eating behaviors noted between gender-expansive individuals and transgender men. Transgender women reported higher Restraint and Shape Concern subscale scores compared to gender-expansive individuals. Compared to a prior study of presumed cisgender men 18–26 years, our age-matched gender-expansive sample had higher Eating, Weight, and Shape Concern subscales and Global Score, but reported a lower frequency of objective binge episodes and excessive exercise. Compared to a prior study of presumed cisgender women 18–25 years, our age-matched gender-expansive sample had a higher Shape Concern subscale score, a lower Restraint subscale score, and lower frequencies of self-induced vomiting, laxative misuse, and excessive exercise. Conclusions Gender-expansive individuals reported lower Restraint and Shape Concern scores than transgender women; higher Eating, Weight, and Shape Concern scores than presumed cisgender men; and lower Restraint but higher Shape Concern scores than presumed cisgender women. These norms can help clinicians in treating this population and interpreting the EDE-Q scores of their gender-expansive patients.

scholarly journals Development of weight and shape concerns in the aetiology of eating disorders

2001 ◽  
Vol 179 (3) ◽  
pp. 236-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon G. Gowers ◽  
Alison Shore
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Alternative Pathway ◽  
Eating Behaviour ◽  
Weight Concern ◽  
Developmental Pathway ◽  
Weight And Shape Concerns ◽  
Abnormal Eating ◽  
Shape Concern ◽  
Weight And Shape Concern

BackgroundAlthough weight and shape concerns are considered to be integral to the psychopathology of anorexia and bulimia nervosa, uncertainties remain about developmental aspects of the aetiology of these concerns and their relationship to eating disorders.AimsTo review the recent literature on weight and shape concern, with particular emphasis on aetiology, to identify a possible developmental pathway from weight concern through abnormal eating behaviour to disorder.MethodLiterature review of Medline and Psychlit databases using the keywords ‘eating disosrder’, ‘weight concern’, ‘shape concern’ and ‘aetiology’. Inclusion criteria were based on the strength of quantitative research findings, originality of ideas and recent publication.ResultsWeight and shape concerns follow a developmental pathway arising before the typical age for the development of eating disorders. The origins are multifactorial, with biological, family and sociocultural features predominating.ConclusionsAlthough weight and shape concern seems commonly to underlie the development of eating disorders, an alternative pathway appears to exist through impulsivity and fear of loss of control. Prevention strategies may usefully focus on the attitudes and concerns that lead to dieting behaviour.

Genetic and environmental risk factors for the weight and shape concerns characteristic of bulimia nervosa

1998 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 761-771 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. WADE ◽  
N. G. MARTIN ◽  
M. TIGGEMANN
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Bulimia Nervosa ◽  
Environmental Risk ◽  
Environmental Influences ◽  
Model Fitting ◽  
Environmental Risk Factors ◽  
Weight Concern ◽  
Contrast Model ◽  
Shape Concern

Background. This study seeks to identify the genetic and environmental risk factors for the overvalued ideas that are characteristic of bulimia nervosa, using a biometrical model fitting approach with twin data.Methods. The Eating Disorder Examination (EDE), which can be used to gain continuous measures of dietary restraint, eating concern, weight concern and shape concern, was administered to 325 female twins, both monozygotic (MZ) and dizygotic (DZ). For each subscale, questions were asked concerning the month prior to interview and lifetime prevalence (‘ever’).Results. Model fitting indicated that there is a powerful role of the environment in shaping women's attitude towards weight, shape, eating and food, ranging from 38% to 100% of the variance. For all subscales, with the exception of weight concern, the best explanation for individual variation was one that incorporated additive genetic and non-shared environmental influences. In contrast, model fitting indicated that non-shared and shared environmental influences best explained the variance of weight concern.Conclusions. With the exception of the Shape Concern subscale, environmental factors make a greater contribution than genetic factors to the development of the overvalued ideas that are seen to be one of the triggers for the development of bulimia nervosa. Given this substantial role of the environment influences, it seems likely that environmental manipulation can be effective in the prevention of bulimia nervosa.

scholarly journals The Development of Associations Among Body Mass Index, Body Dissatisfaction, and Weight and Shape Concern in Adolescent Boys and Girls

2012 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 517-523 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerel P. Calzo ◽  
Kendrin R. Sonneville ◽  
Jess Haines ◽  
Emily A. Blood ◽  
Alison E. Field ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Adolescent Boys ◽  
Shape Concern ◽  
Weight And Shape Concern

scholarly journals Weight and Shape Concern Impacts Weight Gain Prevention in the SNAP Trial: Implications for Tailoring Intervention Delivery

Obesity ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 1270-1276 ◽  
Author(s):  
KayLoni L. Olson ◽  
Rebecca H. Neiberg ◽  
Deborah F. Tate ◽  
Katelyn R. Garcia ◽  
Amy A. Gorin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
Weight Gain Prevention ◽  
Intervention Delivery ◽  
Shape Concern ◽  
Weight And Shape Concern
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