Sociocultural drivers of body image and eating disorder risk in rural Nicaraguan women
Plain English summary Body dissatisfaction and eating disorders are increasing on a global scale. It has been suggested that increasing access to globalised media maybe one factor in rising risk of eating disorders in low- and middle-income countries. We examined 3-dimensional body ideals, body sati...
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| author | T. Thornborrow E. H. Evans M. J. Tovee L. G. Boothroyd |
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| description | Plain English summary Body dissatisfaction and eating disorders are increasing on a global scale. It has been suggested that increasing access to globalised media maybe one factor in rising risk of eating disorders in low- and middle-income countries. We examined 3-dimensional body ideals, body satisfaction, and eating disorder risk in a population with relatively recent access to mass media. We find that although women in these communities maintain higher body weight ideals, and greater body appreciation, than Western women, those women who are internalising globalised cultural messaging about appearance are at greater risk of body dissatisfaction and, in turn, increased risk of eating disorders. This was true both when comparing between women and looking at how individual women’s attitudes varied over time. These data show that cultural messaging about appearance has implications for body image and eating disorder risk even in populations which do not have a long history of promoting thin ideals. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a520b5d1b82d40a3ae5edd5d44fbe6692023-02-02T11:02:44ZengBMCJournal of Eating Disorders2050-29742022-09-0110111610.1186/s40337-022-00656-0Sociocultural drivers of body image and eating disorder risk in rural Nicaraguan womenT. Thornborrow0E. H. Evans1M. J. Tovee2L. G. Boothroyd3School of Psychology, University of LincolnDepartment of Psychology, Durham UniversityDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria UniversityDepartment of Psychology, Durham UniversityPlain English summary Body dissatisfaction and eating disorders are increasing on a global scale. It has been suggested that increasing access to globalised media maybe one factor in rising risk of eating disorders in low- and middle-income countries. We examined 3-dimensional body ideals, body satisfaction, and eating disorder risk in a population with relatively recent access to mass media. We find that although women in these communities maintain higher body weight ideals, and greater body appreciation, than Western women, those women who are internalising globalised cultural messaging about appearance are at greater risk of body dissatisfaction and, in turn, increased risk of eating disorders. This was true both when comparing between women and looking at how individual women’s attitudes varied over time. These data show that cultural messaging about appearance has implications for body image and eating disorder risk even in populations which do not have a long history of promoting thin ideals.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-022-00656-0Body dissatisfactionBody appreciationThin-ideal internalisationEating attitudesEating disordersCreole |
| spellingShingle | T. Thornborrow E. H. Evans M. J. Tovee L. G. Boothroyd Sociocultural drivers of body image and eating disorder risk in rural Nicaraguan women Journal of Eating Disorders Body dissatisfaction Body appreciation Thin-ideal internalisation Eating attitudes Eating disorders Creole |
| title | Sociocultural drivers of body image and eating disorder risk in rural Nicaraguan women |
| title_full | Sociocultural drivers of body image and eating disorder risk in rural Nicaraguan women |
| title_fullStr | Sociocultural drivers of body image and eating disorder risk in rural Nicaraguan women |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sociocultural drivers of body image and eating disorder risk in rural Nicaraguan women |
| title_short | Sociocultural drivers of body image and eating disorder risk in rural Nicaraguan women |
| title_sort | sociocultural drivers of body image and eating disorder risk in rural nicaraguan women |
| topic | Body dissatisfaction Body appreciation Thin-ideal internalisation Eating attitudes Eating disorders Creole |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-022-00656-0 |
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