He Jinbo, Barnhart Wesley R
Division of Applied Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.
Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA.
Int J Eat Disord. 2024 Oct;57(10):2060-2062. doi: 10.1002/eat.24249. Epub 2024 Jul 1.
Using culture-based approaches, Monocello et al. revealed that young Korean men generally shared the same perceptions of fatness, including three categories ("too thin," "balanced," and "too fat"). The "balanced" category was most consistent with local South Korean culture, and the "too fat" category was associated with higher body dissatisfaction and disordered eating. Even though cultural differences in body ideals are an essential factor to consider in the development of body dissatisfaction and disordered eating, little research has applied culture-based approaches to explore body ideals in men, including how these ideals may be related to men's body image or eating behaviors. Thus, Monocello et al.'s work is a timely and vital contribution to the literature. In this commentary, we expand on Monocello et al.'s work by not only illustrating the roles of local cultures but also introducing the potential influences of external cultures via acculturation in shaping body ideals which, in turn, contribute to body dissatisfaction and disordered eating in men. We also provide future research directions to call for more culture-based research to understand body dissatisfaction and disordered eating among men in different cultural contexts.
通过基于文化的研究方法，莫诺塞洛等人发现，韩国年轻男性对肥胖的认知总体上是相同的，包括三类（“太瘦”、“匀称”和“太胖”）。“匀称”这一类别与韩国当地文化最为契合，而“太胖”这一类别则与更高的身体不满和饮食失调有关。尽管身体理想的文化差异是在身体不满和饮食失调的发展过程中需要考虑的一个重要因素，但很少有研究采用基于文化的方法来探究男性的身体理想，包括这些理想如何与男性的身体形象或饮食行为相关。因此，莫诺塞洛等人的研究是对该文献的及时且重要的贡献。在这篇评论中，我们不仅通过阐述当地文化的作用来扩展莫诺塞洛等人的研究，还通过文化适应介绍外部文化在塑造身体理想方面的潜在影响，而身体理想反过来又会导致男性的身体不满和饮食失调。我们还提供了未来的研究方向，呼吁开展更多基于文化的研究，以了解不同文化背景下男性的身体不满和饮食失调情况。
