Cross-cultural aspects of anorexia nervosa and bulimia: A review

Dolan, Bridget

doi:10.1002/1098-108x(199101)10:1<67::aid-eat2260100108>3.0.co;2-n

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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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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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“…In contrast to the ascetically motivated and location of the subject (Dolan 1991). Early studies identified sociocultural self-deprivation described previously, other historical accounts from ancient Egypt, Greece, factors within American society that are associated with the eating disorders.…”

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Culture and Eating Disorders: A Historical and Cross-Cultural Review

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Pumariega²

2001

Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes

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“…8 In these countries, such as Egypt, a full-size woman is still considered a symbol of femininity and beauty. 9,10 Since these are usually relatively poor societies, 11 there are very few studies on eating disorders there. In the last decade, several pioneering studies have been done in an attempt to estimate the incidence of eating disorders in Eastern Europe, such as in East Germany 12 and Bulgaria.…”

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Cultural correlates of eating attitudes: A comparison between native‐born and immigrant university students in Israel

Greenberg

Cwikel

Mirsky

2006

Intl J Eating Disorders

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Objective: This study explores the association between gender and exposure to Western culture and attitudes toward eating.Method: Four hundred and ninety-nine university students participated in the study: 216 Israeli natives, 153 new immigrants (3 years or less since immigration) from the Former Soviet Union (FSU), and 130 veteran immigrants from FSU (4-15 years since immigration). Attitudes toward eating were measured using the Eating Attitude Test -EAT-26.Results: Israeli born women had higher weight and body mass index (BMI) than did new immigrant women. Higher scores on the EAT-26 were found among women than among men. Among women only, native-born Israelis and veteran immigrants were more likely to have positive EAT-26 scores (19.6%, 18.8%) than were new immigrant women (7.9%), indicating disordered eating attitudes. Part of the differences in EAT-26 scores was explained by differences between the groups on age and BMI; however, even after adjustment the differences remained significant on the bulimia subscale. Conclusion:The results suggest a rapid cultural effect in attitudes toward eating that may reflect a tendency toward eating disorders as well as a difference in the proportion of obesity. It seems that the veteran immigrants have adopted Western cultural norms and eating patterns in a way that has erased the differences in tendency toward eating disorders between them and the Israeli born women. V V C 2006 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Cross-cultural aspects of anorexia nervosa and bulimia: A review

Cited by 230 publications

References 49 publications

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

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

Culture and Eating Disorders: A Historical and Cross-Cultural Review

Cultural correlates of eating attitudes: A comparison between native‐born and immigrant university students in Israel

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