Binge eating disorder in men. A review of the relevant variables in the literature

López, Héctor Julián Velázquez; Arévalo, Rosalía Vázquez; Díaz, Juan Manuel Mancilla

doi:10.17711/sm.0185-3325.2018.014

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“…Further, a substantial part of the user sample in the campaigns also includes accounts identified as male (around 18% both years). There have been calls in the past to study mental health and eating disorders in men ( 57 , 58 ), especially since there may be a greater association with substance abuse ( 59 ). Social media provides an opportunity to study men's relationship to eating disorders, their self-expression and community engagement, and their responses to health intervention campaigns.…”

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Behavior Change Around an Online Health Awareness Campaign: A Causal Impact Study

Suárez-Lledó

Mejova

2022

Front. Public Health

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National Eating Disorders Association conducts a NEDAwareness week every year, during which it publishes content on social media and news aimed to raise awareness of eating disorders. Measuring the impact of these actions is vital for maximizing the effectiveness of such interventions. This study is an effort to empirically measure the change in behavior of users who engage with NEDAwareness content, and compare the detected changes between campaigns in two different years. We analyze a total of 35,895 tweets generated during two campaigns of NEDAwareness campaigns in 2019 and 2020. In order to assess the reach of each campaign, we consider the users participating in the campaigns and their number of followers, as well as retweeting engagement. We use the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) text modeling and causal impact analysis in order to gauge the change in self-expression of users who have interacted with the NEDAwareness content, compared to a baseline group of users. We further enrich our understanding of the users by extracting gender information from their display names. We find that, despite large media corporations (such as MTV and Teen Vogue) participating in the campaign, it is governmental and nonprofit accounts who are among the accounts that attract the most retweets. Whereas the most influential accounts were well-connected in 2019, the 2020 campaign saw little retweeting between such accounts, negatively impacting the reach of the material. Both campaigns engaged women at around 40% and men 17%, supporting previous research showing women to be more likely to share their experiences with eating disorders. Further, women were more likely to mention other health topics within the 15 days of the intervention, including pregnancy and abortion, as well as depression and anxiety, and to discuss the developing COVID pandemic in 2020. Despite the positive message of the campaign, we find that the users who have engaged with this content were more likely to mention the linguistic categories concerning anxiety and risk. Thus, we illustrate the complex, gender-specific effects of NEDAwareness online health intervention campaign on the continued self-expression of its audience and provide actionable insights for potential improvement of such public health efforts.

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Behavior Change Around an Online Health Awareness Campaign: A Causal Impact Study

Suárez-Lledó

Mejova

2022

Front. Public Health

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“…Considerando que la conformación del grupo fue únicamente de mujeres, podemos decir, que de acuerdo a la literatura, las mujeres tienen más probabilidades de pedir ayuda para un trastorno alimentario a pesar de que existen tasas similares de TpA por sexo (Keski-Rahkonen, 2021). Además, se ha observado que en los hombres existe menor conciencia de las psicopatologías alimentarias y mayor reticencia a buscar tratamiento porque posiblemente lo consideren "femenino" (Velázquez López et al, 2018). Dado lo anterior, fue importante que las personas inscritas decidieran acudir al tratamiento, ya que muchas de ellas desconocían el TpA y cómo el trastorno influía en sus emociones y su forma de comer, por lo que valdría la pena implementar estrategias para lograr que más varones acudan a tratamiento, ya que están subrepresentados en la investigación, tanto en la caracterización como en el tratamiento.…”

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“…Por todo lo anterior, podemos decir que se comienza a reunir la evidencia de diversos tratamientos para estos pacientes, sin embargo, debemos considerar que existe un problema de accesibilidad a un tratamiento adecuado (Wyssen et al, 2021). En México el trabajo en el tratamiento de estos pacientes está empezando, no obstante, existen pocos trabajos sobre este trastorno (López-Aguilar et al, 2010;Vázquez Arévalo et al, 2015;Velázquez López et al, 2018).…”

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Intervención multidisciplinar en línea para mujeres con trastorno por atracón

Valdez-Aguilar¹,

Arévalo²,

Guzmán-Saldaña³

et al. 2022

Ter Psicol

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To evaluate the effectiveness of a multidisciplinary online intervention (psychological, medical, and nutritional) in women with binge eating disorder (BED). Method: 5 women diagnosed with BED with a mean age of 43.2 years and a mean initial body weight of 90 kg participated. The treatment was carried out during 24 sessions, each of two hours per week; the first hour was group therapy and the second individual. There were four moments of evaluation: pre, post and two follow-ups. Results: The comparisons were made through the non-parametric Friedman test, finding a statistically significant decrease in binge eating symptoms before χ1= 30.30 at the second follow-up χ2 =10.80 (x²=12.84; p=.005), symptoms of anxiety χ1= 28.80, χ2=12.40 (x²=10.83.96; p=.013) and depression χ1= 19.80, χ2=4.0 (x²= 10.18, p=.017). Improvement was observed in comprehension χ1= 21.00, χ2=30.20 (x²=9.63; p=.025) and emotional regulation χ1= 28.40 χ2=33.00, (x²=7.77; p=.050). The patients reduced their body weight, improved their eating habits by introducing fruit and vegetables daily and included physical activity in their daily routine, performing 20 to 30 minutes a day. From the objective clinical change, a positive change was observed in the variables addressed in treatment in all the participants. Conclusions: The online multidisciplinary intervention was effective in the treatment of BED in women.

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“…BED is the most common eating disorder (2). The prevalence in community samples has been estimated to be between 2% and 6% (3,4) and in clinical samples, it is estimated to range between 30% and 54% (5).…”

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Binge Eating Disorder: an Online Multidisciplinary Approach in Its Treatment

Valdez-Aguilar

Arévalo

Aguilar

et al. 2022

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Background: Binge eating disorder (BED) is the most frequent loss of eating behavior among the population and the one that has received the least study in its treatment. Many studies on interventions and BED treatments have been carried out in the United States and Europe, few have been reported in Latin American populations. People with this disorder not only have physical consequences but also social and psychological ones, so a multidisciplinary treatment is a good alternative to treat this condition. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a multidisciplinary online treatment (psychological, nutritional, and physical activity) in patients with Binge Eating Disorder (BED). Method: 15 Fifteen people diagnosed with BED (2 men and 13 women) with a mean age of 34.93 years (SD=11.91) and a mean initial BMI of 42 participated in this study. The participants were divided into two groups according to the severity of the disorder. The treatment was carried out over 28 sessions, each being two hours per week consisting of 1 hour of group therapy and 1 hour of individual therapy. There were four evaluations: pre, post and two follow-ups. Results: Five patients did not complete the treatment (30%). The comparisons were made through the non-parametric Friedman test, finding a statistically significant decrease in binge eating symptoms (x2=15.57; p=.001), anxiety symptoms (x2=15.96; p=.001) and depression (x2=15.03; p=.002). There was an improvement in clarity (x2=11.60; p=.010) and emotional regulation (x2=7.75; p=.050), only in women. The patients reduced their body weight, andd improved their eating and exercise habits by introducing fruits and vegetables and including 20-30 minutes of physical activity into their daily routine. Regarding the Objective Clinical Change Index (OCC) From the objective clinical change, a positive change was observed in all the variables addressed. Conclusions: The data presented allowed us to conclude that the online multidisciplinary intervention was effective in the treatment of BED. Trial registration:Retrospectively registered

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Binge eating disorder in men. A review of the relevant variables in the literature

Cited by 8 publications

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Behavior Change Around an Online Health Awareness Campaign: A Causal Impact Study

Behavior Change Around an Online Health Awareness Campaign: A Causal Impact Study

Intervención multidisciplinar en línea para mujeres con trastorno por atracón

Binge Eating Disorder: an Online Multidisciplinary Approach in Its Treatment

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