青春期早期饮食失调:少数群体青年之间的差异
Brittany Daniel1, Avital Suissa1, Jianfang Liu1
1Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, New York, USA.
Journal of advanced nursing
|October 9, 2024
概括
少数民族压力可能会增加青少年的饮食失调风险. 这项研究发现,同性恋/双性恋,跨性别者和西班牙裔年轻人中饮食障碍的几率更高,突出了差异.
科学领域:
- 青少年健康 青少年健康
- 心理健康 心理健康
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 青春期早期的饮食失调会对长期健康造成重大后果.
- 少数群体压力可能会增加少数群体青少年的饮食失调风险.
- 目前关于饮食失调的研究主要集中在白人,异性恋者,双性人群中.
研究的目的:
- 调查性,性别,种族和民族身份与青春期早期饮食行为障碍之间的关系.
- 确定特定的少数群体,他们面临更高的饮食障碍风险.
- 为脆弱的青少年群体提供有针对性的干预信息.
主要方法:
- 来自青少年大脑认知发展研究 (N=9385) 的2年随访数据的分析.
- 包括10-14岁的青少年.
- 检查不同身份和饮食失调指标 (体重关注,体重控制行为,暴饮暴食) 之间的联系.
主要成果:
- 同性恋/双性恋青少年与异性恋同龄人相比,所有饮食失调结果的几率都更高.
- 变性青少年的暴饮暴食的几率增加了,那些质疑性别认同的人更有可能关注体重.
- 与非西班牙裔和白人青少年相比,西班牙裔青少年和那些认同"其他"种族类别的人表现出特定饮食行为障碍的风险较高.
结论:
- 这项研究揭示了少数早期青少年中饮食失调的显著差异.
- 研究结果强调,需要对这些差异进行进一步的研究,以指导干预策略.
- 医疗保健提供者应主动查少数群体早期青少年因高风险而导致的饮食失调.
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