Carrie Mayo1, Valerie George. 1. a Department of Dietetics and Nutrition , Stempel School of Public Health, Florida International University , Miami , Florida.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between risk of eating disorders, body dissatisfaction, and perceptual attractiveness in male university students. PARTICIPANTS: Research was conducted January-April 2012 and involved 339 male and 441 female students. METHODS: Eating disorder risk was assessed with the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) and body dissatisfaction and perceptual attractiveness determined with the Bodybuilder Image Grid (BIG). RESULTS: There was a positive correlation (r=.16, p<.01) between the EAT and fat dissatisfaction and a negative correlation (r=-.14, p<.05) for muscle dissatisfaction, 28% of the males had an EAT score indicating that they were at risk for an eating disorder. Males chose a significantly more muscular and leaner body type than what females chose to be attractive. CONCLUSION: College-aged males may be at risk for eating disorders based on distortions in their perceived ideal body image, both for fat and muscle.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between risk of eating disorders, body dissatisfaction, and perceptual attractiveness in male university students. PARTICIPANTS: Research was conducted January-April 2012 and involved 339 male and 441 female students. METHODS:Eating disorder risk was assessed with the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) and body dissatisfaction and perceptual attractiveness determined with the Bodybuilder Image Grid (BIG). RESULTS: There was a positive correlation (r=.16, p<.01) between the EAT and fat dissatisfaction and a negative correlation (r=-.14, p<.05) for muscle dissatisfaction, 28% of the males had an EAT score indicating that they were at risk for an eating disorder. Males chose a significantly more muscular and leaner body type than what females chose to be attractive. CONCLUSION: College-aged males may be at risk for eating disorders based on distortions in their perceived ideal body image, both for fat and muscle.
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Bodybuilder Image Grid (BIG); Eating Attitudes Test; anabolic-androgenic steroids; body dissatisfaction; male university students