在体重管理计划中,肥胖青少年的性别多样性
Zachary J E Zytner1,2, Joshua R Stanley1,2, Preeti Grewal1,2
1Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Clinical obesity
|April 16, 2024
概括
患有肥胖的青少年,特别是那些出生时被分配为非异性倾向的女性,表现出高比例的非cisgender身份和性别失调症 (GD). 建议在体重管理中对性别问题进行查.
科学领域:
- 青少年健康 青少年健康
- 内分泌学 在内分泌学.
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
背景情况:
- 性别障碍症 (GD) 和肥胖症具有共同的风险因素,如心理健康问题和身体不满.
- 青春期涉及的变化可以加剧这些共同的担忧.
- 了解肥胖青少年的性别多样性至关重要,但仍然不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 调查正在接受体重管理的青少年中性别多样性和性别失调的流行情况.
- 探索身体质量指数 (BMI) Z-score和性别认同指标之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及青少年参与体重管理计划的横截面问卷研究.
- 使用了经过验证的青少年和成人性别认同/性别认同问卷 (GIDYQ-AA).
- 评估性别认同,性取向,GD频率和BMI Z-分数.
主要成果:
- 在72名参与者中,29名被分配的女性 (AF) 和17名被分配的男性 (AM) 完成了研究.
- 在AF中,59%的人报告非异性恋取向,21%的人报告非cisgender身份.
- 两名AF患者 (4%) 符合GD标准;GIDYQ-AA得分和BMI Z-score之间没有发现相关性.
结论:
- 患有肥胖的青少年,特别是非异性取向的AF,表现出非cisgender身份和GD的比例较高.
- 建议在体重管理计划中进行与性别有关的常规查.
- 需要进一步的研究来澄清肥胖和青少年的性别多样性之间的复杂相互作用.
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