Relate Mental Health Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Strategic Training Initiative for the Prevention of Eating Disorders, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Int J Eat Disord. 2024 Oct;57(10):2071-2073. doi: 10.1002/eat.24256. Epub 2024 Oct 17.
Consistent with past research that appearance plays an important role in gaining social and economic capital in many Asian countries, Monocello et al. report that young urban South Korean men who did not graduate from high-prestige universities may find the pursuit of attractiveness and the ideal body more important than those who graduated from high-prestige universities. It is possible that at least for some Asian men, disordered eating behaviors in response to appearance pressures are simply means to an end, and when success in important life domains is achieved, both appearance pressures and disordered eating behaviors may decrease. The growing number of studies from Asia highlight that there is still much to learn about the development and treatment of eating disorders. Even as the field of eating disorders encourages research from under-represented countries, we must also intentionally develop equitable research partnerships and engage in practices that elevate the voices and perspectives of marginalized scholars.
与过去的研究一致，在许多亚洲国家，外表在获得社会和经济资本方面起着重要作用，Monocello 等人报告说，没有从声望高的大学毕业的年轻城市韩国男性可能会发现追求吸引力和理想身材比那些从声望高的大学毕业的男性更重要。至少对于一些亚洲男性来说，可能是为了应对外表压力而出现的饮食失调行为只是达到目的的一种手段，当在重要生活领域取得成功时，外表压力和饮食失调行为都可能会减少。越来越多来自亚洲的研究强调，对于饮食失调的发展和治疗，仍有许多需要了解的地方。即使饮食失调领域鼓励来自代表性不足的国家的研究，我们也必须有意地建立公平的研究伙伴关系，并开展使边缘化学者的声音和观点得到重视的实践。
