“Thinness is beauty”: Predictors of anti-fat attitudes among young Chinese women

Wu, Hannah Xiaohan; Ching, Boby Ho-Hong; He, Connie Chuting; Li, Yuanhua

doi:10.1007/s12144-021-02021-x

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“…In addition to these unique stressors bound to sexual and gender minority status, the prevalence of disordered eating and clinical eating disorders (ED) in China is like that observed in the West (e.g., Tong et al, 2014). Perhaps not surprisingly, similar beauty standards evidenced in the West (e.g., thinness and muscularity as body image ideals) are also observed in Chinese contexts (Wu et al, 2021;Yeung et al, 2021;Zhang et al, 2018), findings supported by recent research replicating and extending sociocultural models of eating and body image disturbances in Chinese adults (Barnhart, Cui, et al, 2022;Barnhart, Sun, et al, 2022).…”

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Transgender congruence, body appreciation, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating in Chinese transgender adults

Barnhart

Cui

et al. 2023

Intl J Eating Disorders

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Objective Ample evidence shows that transgender congruence is negatively associated with body dissatisfaction and disordered eating in the Western context; however, limited research has explored these relationships in non‐Western populations (e.g., Chinese transgender adults). Moreover, to our knowledge, there has been no research describing disordered eating in Chinese transgender adults. Thus, this study aimed to explore group differences in and relationships between transgender congruence, body appreciation, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating in Chinese transgender adults. Methods This study examined transgender congruence, body appreciation, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating in a sample of Chinese transgender adults (N = 200). Chi‐square, F tests, and correlation analyses were conducted to examine group differences and relationships between study variables. Results Of the transgender adults, 31.0% screened positive as probable eating disorder (ED) cases. There were no gender identity differences in the study variables. Transgender congruence was positively associated body appreciation (r = .40, p < .001) and negatively associated with body dissatisfaction (r = −.26, p < .001) and disordered eating (r = −.15, p = .031). Discussion Chinese transgender adults may be at high risk of EDs. Transgender congruence and body appreciation may serve a protective role in the context of eating pathology in Chinese transgender adults. Future research is needed to validate the observed relationships between transgender congruence, body appreciation, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating in Chinese transgender adults. Public Significance Research on disordered eating and body image in Chinese transgender adults is limited. This study describes disordered eating and its relations with transgender congruence, body appreciation, and body dissatisfaction in Chinese transgender adults. Findings highlight the need for and implications of ED intervention in Chinese transgender adults.

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Transgender congruence, body appreciation, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating in Chinese transgender adults

Barnhart

Cui

et al. 2023

Intl J Eating Disorders

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“…In fact, studies suggest that the prevalence of disordered eating and clinical eating disorders is similar to those observed in Western contexts (Chen & Jackson, 2008; Tong et al, 2014; Watson et al, 2015), findings that have been connected to economic and social transformations (e.g., spread of Western ideals about eating and body image) in China (Pike & Dunne, 2015; Wen & Wolla, 2017). Furthermore, current beauty standards in China emphasize thinness and muscularity as body image ideals (Wu et al, 2021; Yeung et al, 2021; Zhang et al, 2018) like those observed in Western contexts. Thus, such body image ideals may be perpetuated by several cultural contexts in China which is supported by research suggesting sociocultural factors (e.g., tripartite influence model) are meaningful cross‐sectional and longitudinal correlates of eating pathology in the China (Barnhart, Cui, et al, 2022; Barnhart, Sun, et al, 2022; Jackson & Chen, 2007, 2008; Luo et al, 2022).…”

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Relationships between weight bias internalization and biopsychosocial health outcomes: A prospective study in Chinese adolescents

Barnhart

Cui

et al. 2023

Intl J Eating Disorders

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Objective: An extensive literature has documented the deleterious effects of weight bias internalization (WBI) on biopsychosocial health outcomes. Still, this research is largely confined to the Western context. Furthermore, few studies have explored associations between WBI and biopsychosocial health outcomes, including in non-Western adolescent populations.Method: The present study explored the longitudinal relationships between WBI and body dissatisfaction, disordered eating, psychosocial impairment related to eating disorder features, and psychological and physical well-being in a sample (N = 1549; aged 11-18 years at baseline) of Chinese adolescents. Relationships between study variables were examined between two waves of data measurement (Time 1, baseline, and Time 2, 6-month). Cross-lagged and multivariate models were used to explore prospective relationships between WBI and biopsychosocial correlates.Results: Bidirectional relationships were observed between WBI and biopsychosocial correlates in Chinese adolescents. Adjusting for covariates and other predictor variables, higher body dissatisfaction, disordered eating, psychosocial impairment, and psychological distress at Time 1 predicted higher WBI at Time 2. Furthermore, higher WBI at Time 1 predicted higher body dissatisfaction, disordered eating, psychosocial impairment, and psychological distress at Time 2.Discussion: Weight bias internalization and psychosocial correlates were interrelated across time in Chinese adolescents. Improving WBI might be promising in the prevention of eating and body image disturbances and diminished psychosocial well-being.Similarly, reducing eating and body image disturbances and improving psychosocial well-being might be useful prevention targets in reducing WBI in Chinese adolescents.

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“…Experience of stigma includes explicit or subtle forms of discrimination and bias affecting personal, educational, and employment opportunities. Especially in women, stigma and internalized weight bias may lead to social isolation, depression, and anxiety, thus complicating the management of metabolic disorders and other medical burdens associated with obesity 236,237 …”

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“…Especially in women, stigma and internalized weight bias may lead to social isolation, depression, and anxiety, thus complicating the management of metabolic disorders and other medical burdens associated with obesity. 236,237 People with obesity experience poorer medical care as a result of stigma and judgmental attitudes held, and often expressed, by various healthcare professionals. 238 Such attitudes may arise from the common but unfounded assumption that people with obesity have poor self-control or present a high risk of treatment nonadherence.…”

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Obesity in South and Southeast Asia—A new consensus on care and management

Tham¹,

Ghani²,

Sioksoan

et al. 2022

Obesity Reviews

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Summary Obesity is a chronic disease in which the abnormal or excessive accumulation of body fat leads to impaired health and increased risk of mortality and chronic health complications. Prevalence of obesity is rising rapidly in South and Southeast Asia, with potentially serious consequences for local economies, healthcare systems, and quality of life. Our group of obesity specialists from Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Viet Nam undertook to develop consensus recommendations for management and care of adults and children with obesity in South and Southeast Asia. To this end, we identified and researched 12 clinical questions related to obesity. These questions address the optimal approaches for identifying and staging obesity, treatment (lifestyle, behavioral, pharmacologic, and surgical options) and maintenance of reduced weight, as well as issues related to weight stigma and patient engagement in the clinical setting. We achieved consensus on 42 clinical recommendations that address these questions. An algorithm describing obesity care is presented, keyed to the various consensus recommendations.

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“Thinness is beauty”: Predictors of anti-fat attitudes among young Chinese women

Cited by 19 publications

References 40 publications

Transgender congruence, body appreciation, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating in Chinese transgender adults

Transgender congruence, body appreciation, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating in Chinese transgender adults

Relationships between weight bias internalization and biopsychosocial health outcomes: A prospective study in Chinese adolescents

Obesity in South and Southeast Asia—A new consensus on care and management

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