ArticleNeuropsychiatric disease and treatment2015
Prevalence of distorted body image in young Koreans and its association with age, sex, body weight status, and disordered eating behaviors.
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- The prevalence and risk factors of screen-based disordered eating among university students: a global systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Pooled it
- Attachment Anxiety and Disordered Eating Among Chinese Young Women: The Mediation of Different Negative Emotions.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Eating attitudes among college students: the role of body shape concerns, mental health, and obesity.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Article
- Gender differences in gaze patterns to Instagram influencer body parts: predicted by subjective body image perception and negative affect.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- A cultural models approach to understanding body fatness perceptions and disordered eating in young South Korean men.The International journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Body Dissatisfaction, Distorted Body Image and Disordered Eating Behaviors in University Students: An Analysis from 2017-2022.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Disordered eating behaviours and attitudes among adolescents in a middle-income country.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2020Article
- The Association of Demographic Characteristics and Food Choice Motives with the Consumption of Functional Foods in Emerging Adults.Nutrients · 2020Article
- Influence of the Mass Media and Body Dissatisfaction on the Risk in Adolescents of Developing Eating Disorders.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Weight, gender, and depressive symptoms in South Korea.American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council · 2017Article
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Abstract
purposeTo define the prevalence of distorted body image in 10-24-year-old Koreans and determine its relationship with sex, age, body weight status, and disordered eating behaviors.
methodsA total of 3,227 young Koreans were recruited from elementary, middle, and high schools, as well as from universities. The participants completed a self-reported questionnaire on body image, eating behaviors (Eating Attitude Test-26), and body weight status.
resultsThe prevalence of a distorted body image in males was 49.7% and that in females was 51.2%. Distorted body image was more frequent in adolescents (age, 10-17 years) than in young adults (age, 18-24 years). The highest prevalence (55.3%) was reported in female elementary school students (age, 10-12 years). Distorted body image was associated with disordered eating behaviors and abnormal body weight status.
conclusionThese results suggest that distorted body image is a public health problem, given its high frequency in young Koreans, and that it is associated with abnormal body weight status and disordered eating behaviors.
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