2022
DOI: 10.1186/s40337-022-00552-7
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The mediation effect of perceived weight stigma in association between weight status and eating disturbances among university students: is there any gender difference?

Abstract: Background The study aimed to examine the association between perceived weight stigma (PWS), weight status, and eating disturbances. We hypothesized that PWS would partially mediate the association between weight status and eating disturbances among university students. Methods The study involved 705 undergraduate students (379 females and 326 males) recruited from Hong Kong and Taiwan Universities (399 Hong Kong; 306 Taiwan participants). Our samp… Show more

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“…Consistent with the original report of the WSSQ [29], greater BMI was correlated with higher WSSQ-J subscale and total scores. Individuals with greater BMI would perceive greater weight stigma [12,22], and it is likely that experiencing more weight discrimination from others leads to more internalization in people with greater BMI [16]. People with greater BMI show higher discrepancies between their current and desired weight [47], and such increased discrepancies would lead to a higher desire to lose weight.…”
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“…Consistent with the original report of the WSSQ [29], greater BMI was correlated with higher WSSQ-J subscale and total scores. Individuals with greater BMI would perceive greater weight stigma [12,22], and it is likely that experiencing more weight discrimination from others leads to more internalization in people with greater BMI [16]. People with greater BMI show higher discrepancies between their current and desired weight [47], and such increased discrepancies would lead to a higher desire to lose weight.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Actually, the prevalence of eating disorders is higher in females compared to that in males in Japan [32,33]. Given that WBI contributes to eating disorders [16,17,20,22,23] and is affected by sociocultural pressures regarding appearance [13], effects of gender on the role of WBI in eating disorders could be different between western countries and Japan. Future research should include more diverse samples to examine sociocultural effects on associations between gender and WBI.…”
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“…Healthy behaviors, such as physical activity engagement and fruit and vegetable intake, are important factors contributing to individuals' overall health, including their subjective health outcomes (eg, quality of life, self-perceived health). [1][2][3][4] Subjective health outcome refers to how individuals evaluate their health status. Moreover, subjective health outcomes have become commonly used health measures because they can provide information that cannot be assessed using objective measures, such as mood states of an individual (eg, depression).…”
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confidence: 99%