职业男性时装模特体质指数和饮食障碍症状之间是否存在关系?
Christina Ralph-Nearman1,2, Madison A Hooper3, Margaret Achee4
1Department of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
American journal of men's health
|September 21, 2024
概括
体重指数 (BMI) 是男性模型中饮食障碍 (ED) 病理学的不可靠指标. 如果仅考虑低BMI,男性的临床意义上的ED症状可能会被忽略,这突显了需要更好的查方法的需要.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 运动医学 运动医学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 体重指数 (BMI) 常用于评估健康和就业适应性,但其在识别饮食障碍 (ED) 病理方面的实用性,特别是男性时尚模特,尚未得到充分理解.
- 男性时装模特面临着与身体形象和体重有关的独特压力,可能会增加他们患ED的风险.
- 现有的ED查方法可能会忽略具有临床意义的症状的个体,如果他们不符合低BMI标准.
研究的目的:
- 调查男性时装模特和非模特的BMI,身体组成 (肌肉质量,身体脂肪百分比) 和ED严重程度 (EDE-Q分数) 之间的关系.
- 在男性模型中确定BMI是否是体脂百分比和ED病理学的可靠指标.
- 为改善查工具和就业指南的开发提供信息,以保护男性模特和男性的福祉.
主要方法:
- 实验者测量的BMI,肌肉质量和身体脂肪百分比在男性模型和非模型中进行了评估.
- 饮食障碍的严重程度使用饮食障碍检查问卷 (EDE-Q) 进行测量.
- 进行了统计分析,以检查人体测量,身体组成和ED严重程度之间的关联,在两组中,控制年龄.
主要成果:
- 与非模型相比,男性模型报告了强迫性炼和自我诱导吐的频率更高.
- 在模型中,BMI是身体脂肪百分比的糟糕预测指标.
- 模型中的较低的BMI和非模型中的更高的BMI与更高的EDE-Q分数相关.
- 所有具有临床意义的EDE-Q分数 (≥4.0) 的男性模型均测量BMI高于18.5.
- 模型中的较高肌肉质量和非模型中的较低肌肉质量与更高的EDE-Q分数有关.
- 模型中较低的身体脂肪百分比和非模型中较高的身体脂肪百分比与更高的EDE-Q分数相关.
结论:
- 体重指数 (BMI),肌肉质量和体脂百分比与男性模型和一般男性人口的ED倾向有关.
- 仅仅依靠低BMI (<18.5) 截止值可能会导致忽视患有临床ED症状的男性.
- 调查结果强调需要更全面的查协议和就业标准,以保护男模和男人的精神和身体健康.
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