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Trial reportNutrients2021

The Relationship between Obligatory Exercise and Eating Attitudes, and the Mediating Role of Sociocultural Attitudes towards Appearance during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Hongying Fan, Youteng Gan, Ruohang Wang, Siming Chen, Małgorzata Lipowska, Jianye Li, Keqiang Li, Daniel Krokosz, Yin Yang, Mariusz Lipowski

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Trial report in Nutrients, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Hongying FanSchool of Psychology, Beijing Sport University, Beijing 100084, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7659-8465
Youteng GanSchool of Psychology, Beijing Sport University, Beijing 100084, China.
Ruohang WangSchool of Psychology, Beijing Sport University, Beijing 100084, China.
Siming ChenSchool of Psychology, Beijing Sport University, Beijing 100084, China.
Małgorzata LipowskaInstitute of Psychology, University of Gdańsk, 80-309 Gdańsk, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-7422-159X
Jianye LiFaculty of Physical Culture, Gdańsk University of Physical Education and Sport, Górskiego 1, 80-336 Gdańsk, Poland.
Keqiang LiFaculty of Physical Culture, Gdańsk University of Physical Education and Sport, Górskiego 1, 80-336 Gdańsk, Poland.
Daniel KrokoszFaculty of Physical Culture, Gdańsk University of Physical Education and Sport, Górskiego 1, 80-336 Gdańsk, Poland.
Yin YangSchool of Psychology, Beijing Sport University, Beijing 100084, China.
Mariusz LipowskiFaculty of Physical Culture, Gdańsk University of Physical Education and Sport, Górskiego 1, 80-336 Gdańsk, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-8389-7006
Beijing Sport University · CNGdansk University of Physical Education and Sport · PLUniversity of Gdańsk · PL

Funding

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China Nos. 2020030 and Nos. 20212032National Key Research and Development Program for China Nos. 2021YFF0306504Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange BPN/GIN/2021/1/00010/U/00001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A strong sociocultural context could affect an individual's aesthetic standards. In order to achieve a socially recognized ideal appearance, obligatory exercisers might increase dieting behavior when exercise actions are disturbed, thereby placing the individual at risk of eating disorders. The current study mainly examined the relationship between obligatory exercise and eating attitudes during the COVID-19 pandemic, and considered the mediating role of externalized sociocultural attitudes towards appearance between the two. A total of 342 participants (175 females, 167 males) from various regions of China were invited to fill out the questionnaires including the Obligatory Exercise Questionnaire, the Sociocultural Attitudes Toward Appearance Questionnaire-3, and the Eating Attitudes Test. In total, 51.5% of the participants presented symptoms of an obligatory exercise behavior. Among them, males, young adults, and the participants with lower BMI had higher OEQ scores, whereas females and young adults had higher EAT-26 scores. Meanwhile, 9.4% of the participants might have had an eating disorder. The OEQ score was positively correlated with the EAT-26 total score as well as SATAQ-3 'Pressures' and 'Information' subscales. In addition, the EAT-26 total score was positively correlated with the SATAQ-3 'Pressures' and 'Information' subscales. Externalized sociocultural attitudes towards appearance served as a mediator between obligatory exercise behavior and eating attitudes, and the mediation effect accounted for 56.82% of the total effect. Obligatory exercise behavior may have an indirect effect on eating attitudes through sociocultural attitudes towards appearance. Given the sociocultural information and pressures, in order to maintain or pursue an ideal appearance, many people tend to keep a pathological diet. Thus, forming a positive and healthy social aesthetic orientation is beneficial in helping obligatory exercisers to develop reasonable eating habits.

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COVID-19ExerciseFeeding and Eating DisordersFeeding BehaviorPandemicsSARS-CoV-2AdolescentAdultAgedAttitudeFemaleHumansMaleMiddle Agedbody esteemeating habitsobligatory runSARS-CoV-2

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