Culture and Weight Consciousness

Nasser, Mervat

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“…5,15,40 Various other factors may also account for these discrepancies: differences in help-seeking characteristics 41 ; the stigma attached to seeking help from sources outside the family support network; the level of knowledge about eating disorders and eating disorder treatment facilities; and the sociocultural changes that the Israeli-Arab population is undergoing due to the Western-oriented influence of modern life in Israel. 41 The low incidence of eating disorders may also represent an interesting cultural phenomenon characteristic of other minority groups in terms of disclosure patterns for eating disorders.…”

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“…Cultural change in non-Western countries involving identification with Western norms of shape and body weight is consistently correlated with an increase in weight consciousness and the risk of developing eating disorders. [3][4][5][6] As a unique multicultural society encompassing various ethnic and religious groups and immigrants from many different countries, Israel is coping with the same issues. In the last three decades, large numbers of Israeli-Jewish adolescents in nonclinical settings have been found to have abnormal eating attitudes and weight concerns 7-9 (Latzer et al Comparative study of eating related attitudes and psychological traits between Israeli Arab and Jewish schoolgirls.…”

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“…15 Thus, it is not surprising that low rates of ED have been reported among Arab populations. 3,4,[16][17][18] A few studies examining the prevalence of eating disorders have been conducted in Arab cultures, including two studies that reported cases of BN in Pakistan. 19,20 In another study on female Arab students in London and Cairo Universities, Nasser 18 found that 12% of the participants in the London group met Russell's 21 criteria for BN, whereas none of the Cairo group reported bulimic symptoms.…”

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Disordered eating related behaviors among Arab schoolgirls in Israel: An epidemiological study

Latzer

Tzischinsky

Azaiza

2006

Intl J Eating Disorders

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Objective: To examine the prevalence of disordered eating attitudes and behaviors among three religious subgroups of Arab schoolgirls in Israel (Moslems, Druze, and Christians).Method: The sample consisted of 1,131 Arab schoolgirls in Israel, including 922 (81.5%) Moslem, 125 (11.1%) Christian, and 84 (7.4%) Druze adolescents, in the 7-12th grades. The sample was drawn from urban and rural residential settings from all parts of Israel using a clusters sampling method.Results: The Christian subgroup had a significantly lower total eating disorder inventory-2 (EDI-2) score than the Druze and Moslem subgroups, which had similar total EDI-2 scores. Significant differences were found between the three religious subgroups in all subscales, except in drive for thinness (DT), bulimia, body dissatisfaction, and asceticism. A total of 154 (13%) Arab schoolgirls scored higher than the cut-off point of 14 on the EDI-DT subscale. Conclusion:The results are discussed in light of the differences between the Christian, Druze, and Moslem subgroups and in terms of various aspects of Arab culture in Israel. V V C 2006 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Disordered eating related behaviors among Arab schoolgirls in Israel: An epidemiological study

Latzer

Tzischinsky

Azaiza

2006

Intl J Eating Disorders

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“…Ethnocultural influences, the effect of media exposure and a changing social and cultural environment are contributing factors to the aetiology of eating disorders. 2,[6][7][8] The relationship between religion and eating disorders is also not to be underestimated, given its complexity. 9,10 The existence of eating disorders and abnormal eating attitudes in South Africa are well established in adolescents of culturally and ethnically diverse backgrounds, [11][12][13][14][15] although the prevalence thereof is currently unknown.…”

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Abnormal eating attitudes and weight-loss behaviour of adolescent girls attending a “traditional” Jewish high school in Johannesburg, South Africa

Visser

Notelovitz

Szabo

et al. 2014

South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition

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Objectives: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of abnormal eating attitudes and weight-loss behaviour in female Jewish adolescents. Teachers' awareness of these factors and their attitudes towards a school programme to address these were also investigated.Design: A cross-sectional study was conducted.Subjects and setting: Female learners in grades 8-11 (n = 220), attending a "traditional" Jewish high school in Johannesburg were included. Teachers (n = 38) at the relevant school were also recruited.Outcome measures: A questionnaire consisting of the 26-item version of the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) and a modified section of the USA Youth Risk Behavior Survey was completed by learners. Teachers completed a questionnaire designed by the researchers.Results: Twenty per cent of the learners (n = 43) achieved EAT-26 scores ≥ 20, suggestive of a possible eating disorder, while 30.2% (n = 65) required clinical evaluation for a potential eating disorder. Thirty-three per cent (n = 72) of the adolescent girls considered themselves to be overweight, while 64% (n = 139) were trying to lose weight at the time of the study. 19.1% (n = 42) had engaged in one or more extreme methods of weight loss in the past 12 months. Most teachers (81.6%, n = 29) underestimated the proportion of adolescent girls requiring clinical evaluation and 71.1% (n = 27) underestimated the extent of current weight-loss attempts. Almost all of the teachers (97.3%, n = 37) recognised the need to address disordered eating attitudes. However, only 34.2% of the teachers (n = 13) viewed the school as the appropriate place in which to do this, and were also prepared to participate in the programme and sacrifice class time.Conclusion: To date, no published South African literature documents the presence of abnormal eating attitudes in Jewish adolescent females in South Africa. The prevalence fell within the upper end of rates reported in studies on adolescent girls in South Africa and abroad. Teachers who participated in this study were not fully aware of the extent to which eating-related issues affected female learners. A qualitative exploration thereof could yield valuable insights.Peer reviewed.

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“…Sherman and Thompson (1990) with eating disorders and the sudden sense of loss of control may revolve around a fear of fatness and a strong desire to be thin (Nasser, 1997). Gamman and Makinen (1995) compare bulimia with sexual fetishism.…”

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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

Bayne¹

2007

Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics

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Eating disorders are a growing phenomenon in today's society, and adolescent women are prime candidates for this disorder. The present research study is designed to analyze bulimic behavior in college age women by administrating the Eating Disorder Inventory-2 (Gamer, 1991), specifically focusing on the bulimia sub scale of this self-reported inventory. The purpose of the study is to measure specialized temperamental characteristics of persons demonstrating bulimic behavior as analyzed using the MyersBriggs Type Indicator (Myers-Briggs & McCaulley, 1986). The researcher surveyed 221 women from psychology classes at a private Midwest university, and each woman completed both the Eating Disorder Inventory-2 and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.The researcher focused specifically on the Sensing and Judging functions of the MyersBriggs Type Indicator. The researcher hypothesized that the Myers-Briggs type function of Sensing and Judging would be represented with greater frequency among women who scored high on measures of bulimia, and the hypotheses were disconfirmed. The researcher found personality to be a relatively stable factor as opposed to a changing factor when predicting bulimic behavior in college age women.

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Culture and Weight Consciousness

Cited by 141 publications

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Disordered eating related behaviors among Arab schoolgirls in Israel: An epidemiological study

Disordered eating related behaviors among Arab schoolgirls in Israel: An epidemiological study

Abnormal eating attitudes and weight-loss behaviour of adolescent girls attending a “traditional” Jewish high school in Johannesburg, South Africa

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