Heatherton T F, Mahamedi F, Striepe M, Field A E, Keel P
Department of Psychology, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA.
J Abnorm Psychol. 1997 Feb;106(1):117-25.
This article describes a 10-year longitudinal study of eating attitudes and behaviors. A sample of 509 women and 206 men completed a detailed survey in 1982 while they were in college. The authors contacted participants 10 years later and administered a 2nd questionnaire to assess stability and change in eating behaviors that occurred during the transition to early adulthood. Women in the study had substantial declines in disordered eating behavior as well as increased body satisfaction. However, body dissatisfaction and desires to lose weight remained at relatively high levels. Men, who rarely dieted or had eating problems in college, were prone to weight gain following college, and many of them reported increased dieting or disordered eating. The authors conclude that disordered eating generally tends to decline during the transition to early adulthood. However, body dissatisfaction remains a problem for a substantial segment of the adult population.
本文描述了一项关于饮食态度和行为的为期10年的纵向研究。1982年，509名女性和206名男性在大学期间完成了一项详细调查。10年后，作者联系了参与者，并发放了第二份问卷，以评估向成年早期过渡期间饮食行为的稳定性和变化。研究中的女性饮食失调行为大幅减少，对身体的满意度也有所提高。然而，对身体的不满和减肥欲望仍处于较高水平。男性在大学期间很少节食或有饮食问题，但大学毕业后容易体重增加，其中许多人报告节食或饮食失调有所增加。作者得出结论，在向成年早期过渡期间，饮食失调总体上趋于减少。然而，身体不满仍是成年人群中相当一部分人的问题。
