Rich Shannon S, Thomas Christina R
Department of Psychology and Philosophy, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX 76204-5470, USA.
J Am Coll Health. 2008 May-Jun;56(6):623-8. doi: 10.3200/JACH.56.6.623-628.
To investigate ethnic differences related to weight, the authors assessed body mass index, dysfunctional eating, receipt of health information, and perceived obstacles to healthy lifestyles of 210 ethnically diverse college women.
The authors used the Eating Attitudes Test to assess dieting, food preoccupation, and bulimic behaviors.
The authors found no ethnic differences in body mass index or disordered eating, but African Americans were more likely than were European Americans and Latina Americans to receive nutrition information from professionals and less likely than European Americans to perceive time as an obstacle. Overall, receipt of health information from a professional was related to fewer disordered eating behaviors; however, the specific eating behavior that was reduced varied by ethnicity.
Health professionals should reconsider traditional assumptions of disordered eating behavior as a European American problem and consider cultural appropriateness in the development of effective health programs.
为研究与体重相关的种族差异，作者评估了210名不同种族的大学女生的体重指数、功能失调性饮食、健康信息获取情况以及对健康生活方式的认知障碍。
作者使用饮食态度测试来评估节食、对食物的过度关注以及暴食行为。
作者发现体重指数或饮食失调方面不存在种族差异，但非裔美国人比欧裔美国人和拉丁裔美国人更有可能从专业人士那里获得营养信息，且比欧裔美国人更不容易将时间视为障碍。总体而言，从专业人士那里获得健康信息与较少的饮食失调行为相关；然而，减少的具体饮食行为因种族而异。
健康专业人员应重新审视将饮食失调行为视为欧裔美国人问题的传统假设，并在制定有效的健康计划时考虑文化适宜性。
