Binge eating disorder and obesity
Subtitle: the nature of body image disturbance
By: by Maria C. Antoniou.
Published: 2005
Language: eng
Number of pages: 47
Subjects: Compulsive eating.; Body image disturbance.; Obesity in women -- Psychological aspects.; Overweight women -- Attitudes.
Description: The primary objective of this study was to determine whether objective weight or eating pathology accounts for body image disturbance in obese women with Binge Eating Disorder (BED). Objectified Body Consciousness (OBC) was chosen as a way to assess a unique cognitive dimension of body image that specifically examines the internalization of social values around women's bodies. A community sample of 306 women were categorized into five groups: BED-obese (n=14); bulimia-purging type (n=15); BED-normal weight (n=39); non-eating disordered-obese (N=45); and non-eating disordered-normal weight (n=194). Participants completed the OBC Scale. The EDI-2 and a Health-Related Questionnaire assessing eating disorder behaviours. Results showed the BED-obese group to be distinguishable from the non-eating disordered obese group, demonstrating similar body image disturbance to the BN-P group and the normal-weight BED group. These findings support the view that women's negative body experience is associated with the eating disorder pathology and not objective weight.
Notes: Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 36-43)

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