Levinson Cheri A, Fewell Laura, Brosof Leigh C
University of Louisville, United States.
University of Louisville, United States.
Eat Behav. 2017 Dec;27:14-16. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2017.08.003. Epub 2017 Aug 18.
Mobile phone and tablet usage has become a part of modern life. Mobile applications that count calories, such as My Fitness Pal, are frequently employed on a daily basis. Recent research has shown that in undergraduates, calorie tracking is associated with eating disorder pathology. In the current study (N=105 individuals diagnosed with an eating disorder), we assessed usage of My Fitness Pal to track calories. We also assessed perceptions that My Fitness Pal contributed to eating disorder symptoms and if these perceptions were associated with eating disorder symptoms. We found that a substantial percentage (~75%) of participants used My Fitness Pal and that 73% of these users perceived the app as contributing to their eating disorder. Furthermore, we found that these perceptions were correlated with eating disorder symptoms. This research suggests that My Fitness Pal is widely used in an eating disorder population and is perceived as contributing to eating disorder symptoms. Further research is needed to clarify the role calorie tracking applications play within a sample of individuals with eating disorders.
手机和平板电脑的使用已成为现代生活的一部分。诸如“我的健身伙伴”（My Fitness Pal）之类的计算卡路里的移动应用程序每天都被频繁使用。最近的研究表明，在大学生中，卡路里追踪与饮食失调病理有关。在当前这项研究中（N = 105名被诊断患有饮食失调症的个体），我们评估了“我的健身伙伴”追踪卡路里的使用情况。我们还评估了关于“我的健身伙伴”导致饮食失调症状的看法，以及这些看法是否与饮食失调症状相关。我们发现，相当大比例（约75%）的参与者使用了“我的健身伙伴”，并且这些用户中有73%认为该应用程序导致了他们的饮食失调。此外，我们发现这些看法与饮食失调症状相关。这项研究表明，“我的健身伙伴”在饮食失调人群中被广泛使用，并且被认为会导致饮食失调症状。需要进一步研究以阐明卡路里追踪应用程序在饮食失调个体样本中所起的作用。
