在墨西哥大学生中患有饮食障碍的风险
Yazmín González-Alvarado1, Teresita de Jesús Saucedo-Molina1, Claudia Unikel-Santoncini2
1Área Académica de Nutrición, Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, México.
Acta psychologica
|April 18, 2024
概括
饮食障碍的风险在女性中更高,受到薄理想内化,BMI和不活动的影响. 对于男性来说,肌肉驱动和BMI是关键的危险因素,突出性别特定的预防策略.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 饮食失调在大学生中是一个重大的公共卫生问题.
- 了解饮食障碍风险的分布和相关因素对于有针对性的干预至关重要.
- 以前的研究表明,饮食障碍风险因素的潜在性别差异.
研究的目的:
- 确定墨西哥大学生中饮食障碍风险和相关心理变量,体重指数 (BMI) 和体力活动的流行率.
- 调查饮食障碍风险与这些变量之间的关联,按性别分层.
主要方法:
- 对395名18-29岁的大学生 (65%为女性) 进行了一项横截面研究.
- 数据来自墨西哥希达尔戈州自治大学的健康科学研究所和农业科学研究所.
- 使用了描述性统计,相关性分析和二进制物流回归模型.
主要成果:
- 中度至高度饮食障碍的总体风险为女性37.3%,男性32.6%.
- 在女性中,薄理想内化 (OR 12.9),BMI (OR 3.5) 和身体不活动 (OR 2.6) 显著增加了饮食障碍的风险.
- 在男性中,追求肌肉 (OR 7.5) 和BMI (OR 2.3) 与增加饮食障碍风险有关.
结论:
- 导致饮食障碍风险的因素在两性之间存在显著差异,身体质量指数 (BMI) 是两者共同的风险因素.
- 这些发现强调需要针对性别的预防计划,以解决心理,行为和生理因素.
- 未来的干预措施应考虑这些已识别的变量,以有效地减轻大学人群中饮食障碍风险.
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