What Factors Impact the Disordered Eating of Nutrition Students: From a Socio-Cultural Perspective

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10.2991/assehr.k.220704.119How to use a DOI?

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disordered eating; nutrition students; nutrition education; socio-cultural lens

Abstract

The mainstream societal views on food and body influences individuals to modify their eating behaviors for social acceptance. The nutrition students, studying in a field that is entirely based on food, body, and health, seem to be especially vulnerable to such social pressure due to the nature of their area of pursuit. This study summarized three socio-cultural factors and the relevant theories from past studies regarding disordered eating of this student group: healthy food preoccupation, weight-related stigma, thin-ideal internalization. The results found that the majority of studies were quantitative and cross-sectional. Considering how socio-cultural factors can be better understood with verbal communication, and that disordered eating is a long-term behavior, future work could employ more qualitative methods and carry out longitudinal studies. This study may provide insights for future research in looking at disordered eating through the socio-cultural lens, or employing the socio-cultural lens to investigate disordered behaviors in general.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Meishan Zhou
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/07/11
TI  - What Factors Impact the Disordered Eating of Nutrition Students: From a Socio-Cultural Perspective
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 3rd International Conference on Mental Health, Education and Human Development (MHEHD 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 653
EP  - 658
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220704.119
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220704.119
ID  - Zhou2022
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