Vegetarianism As A Potential Indicator of Eating Disorders Among Dietetic Internship Graduates

Liskov, T.P.; Fairchild, M.M

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“…These rates have been similarly demonstrated in other Western countries such as the United Kingdom and Germany [3,4], and have been noted to be driven by a variety of reasons such as increasing animal welfare and environmental sustainability concerns, and the positive health benefits of consuming more plant-based foods [5,6]. Within the eating disorder research field however, vegetarianism and veganism have long been thought to be related to an elevated risk of eating disorder symptoms [7][8][9][10]. For example, a degree of dietary restraint is necessary for vegetarian and vegan diets in order to consciously regulate the consumption of meat and/or animal products [11,12], though this may not necessarily be driven by weight or shape control reasons (i.e., cognitive restraint; defined as the limited dietary intake to manage body weight).…”

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Development and preliminary validation of a novel eating disorder screening tool for vegetarians and vegans: the V-EDS

McLean,

Chen,

Song

et al. 2024

J Eat Disord

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Background Eating disorders have one of the highest mortality of all mental illnesses but are associated with low rates of screening and early intervention. In addition, there remains considerable uncertainty regarding the use of current standardised screening tools in measuring eating pathology in vegetarians and vegans. With these groups presenting as potential at-risk groups for disordered eating development, the present study aimed to develop and preliminary validate a novel eating disorder screening tool, the Vegetarian Vegan Eating Disorder Screener (V-EDS). Methods We utilised a mixed-methods approach, comprising four phases. Results A conceptual framework was developed from 25 community, clinician, and lived experience interviews and used to derive a preliminary set of 163 items (Phase 1). Phase 2 piloted the items to establish face and content validity through cognitive debriefing interviews of 18 additional community, clinician, and lived experience participants, resulting in a reduced, revised questionnaire of 53 items. Phase 3 involved scale purification using Item Response Theory in analysis of 230 vegetarians and 230 vegans resulting in a further reduced 18-item questionnaire. Phase 4 validated the screening tool in a large community sample of 245 vegetarians and 405 vegans using traditional psychometric analysis, finding the V-EDS supports a unidimensional factor structure with excellent internal consistency (α = 0.95–0.96) and convergent validity (0.87–0.88), and moderate discriminate validity (0.45–0.55). Conclusions This study provided strong initial support for the psychometric validity and theoretical assumptions of the novel V-EDS screening tool. The V-EDS has the potential to increase early intervention rates for vegetarians and vegans experiencing eating disorder symptoms, further supporting advocacy and treatment approaches for these expanding dietary groups.

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Development and preliminary validation of a novel eating disorder screening tool for vegetarians and vegans: the V-EDS

McLean,

Chen,

Song

et al. 2024

J Eat Disord

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“…Los hallazgos del presente estudio señalan 8.8% de riesgo de sintomatología de TCA en los estudiantes, este dato de prevalencia fue mayor al publicado en un grupo de nutricionistas austriacas (7.5%) por Kinzl et al (1999) y al situado por Torresani (2003) en universitarios de Argentina (3.8%). En contraste, se halló por debajo de la prevalencia señalada para estudiantes de Nutrición de una Universidad de Yucatán, México (9.91%; Cruz, Ávila, Cortés, Vázquez & Mancilla, 2008) y del mismo modo, menor respecto a las cifras citadas (14% a 35%) en los diversos estudios realizados con estudiantes de nutrición en otros países (Behar et al, 2007;Dutra, Prado, Laureano & Magna, 2008;Fiates & Salles, 2001;Kirsten, Frantton & Porta, 2009;Liskov, Gay & Fairchild, 1996;Penz et al, 2008;Stipp & Oliveira, 2003;Toledo, Dallepiane & Busnello, 2009). La mayor distribución porcentual de los casos pero sin tendencia significativa fue situada al inicio, hallazgo similar a lo publicado en otras investigaciones (Dutra et al, 2008;Santos, Meneguci & Fontes, 2008) y al final (Kirsten et al, 2009) de la formación académica, predominando los casos en las mujeres: Al respecto, cabe destacar que aunque se ha observado cambio en la proporción de género en los estudiantes de esta área del conocimiento, sigue siendo una carrera predominantemente femenina (Coronel et al, 2006), por lo que aunque no se encontraron diferencias estadísticamente significativas en relación al género, la probabilidad de sintomatología de TCA es latente en este grupo profesional.…”

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Eating behaviors and eating disorders symptomatology in nutrition students / Conductas alimentarias y sintomatología de trastornos del comportamiento alimentario en estudiantes de nutrición

Chávez-Rosales

Ruiz

Martínez

et al. 2012

Rev. Mex. Trast. Alim.

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Abstract. Eating disorders are psychopathological problems that currently are becoming important due to its increased incidence in certain population groups. The objective of this study was to analyze eating behaviors and eating disorders symptomatology in nutrition students from a public university of the east of State of Mexico. A battery of tests was applied to 182 students (157 women and 25 men) with an average age of 20.5 years (SD = 2.72). Results showed 8.8% of participants with eating disorders symptomatology, finding independence with the body mass index; however, with the fat percentage we found significant differences. We found body dissatisfaction in 33.51%, although compensatory behaviors were not a predominant factor in this group, however, findings shows latent risk that is increasing by the socio-cultural influence of the body aesthetic model and affect body dissatisfaction, and changes in eating behavior, despite in his academic training students acquired theoretical knowledge about this psychopathologies. Key words: Eating disorders, eating behavior, nutrition students, risk behaviors, risk group. Resumen. Los trastornos del comportamiento alimentario son problemas psicopatológicos que en la actualidad están adquiriendo importancia por el incremento de su incidencia en ciertos grupos de población. El objetivo del presente estudio fue analizar las conductas alimentarias y la presencia de sintomatología de trastornos del comportamiento alimentario en los estudiantes de nutrición de una universidad pública del oriente del Estado de México. Se aplicó una batería de pruebas, en 182 alumnos (157 mujeres y 25 hombres) con un promedio de edad de 20.5 años (DE = 2.72). Los resultados mostraron 8.8% de participantes con sintomatología de trastornos del comportamiento alimentario, hallando independencia con la variable índice de masa corporal, no obstante, en el porcentaje de grasa si se observaron diferencias estadísticamente significativas. La insatisfacción corporal, se presentó en 33.51%, aunque las conductas compensatorias no fueron un factor predominante en este grupo, sin embargo, los hallazgos muestran riesgo latente que se incrementa por la influencia sociocultural del modelo estético corporal e introyecta insatisfacción corporal y cambios en la conducta alimentaria, a pesar de que en su formación académica los estudiantes de nutrición adquieren el conocimiento teórico sobre estas psicopatologías. Palabras clave: Trastornos alimentarios, conducta alimentaria, estudiantes de nutrición, conducta de riesgo, grupo de riesgo.

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Vegetarianism As A Potential Indicator of Eating Disorders Among Dietetic Internship Graduates

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Development and preliminary validation of a novel eating disorder screening tool for vegetarians and vegans: the V-EDS

Development and preliminary validation of a novel eating disorder screening tool for vegetarians and vegans: the V-EDS

Eating behaviors and eating disorders symptomatology in nutrition students / Conductas alimentarias y sintomatología de trastornos del comportamiento alimentario en estudiantes de nutrición

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