Examining adverse life experiences, disordered eating behaviors and cognitions and weight loss treatment in Peru.

Eat Behav

OBEMET Center for Obesity and Metabolic Health, Lima, Peru; Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima, Peru; Nutrition and Health Innovation Research Institute, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.

Published: November 2024

AI Article Synopsis

  • - This study investigates how everyday discrimination, childhood trauma, and verbal abuse related to weight affect disordered eating behaviors in individuals in Peru, focusing on those seeking weight loss treatment versus those not seeking it.
  • - The research included 420 participants who completed measures assessing their disordered eating, experiences of discrimination, and childhood traumas.
  • - The findings reveal that those seeking weight loss treatment exhibited higher levels of disordered eating and that discrimination and childhood abuse are linked to these eating issues, indicating a need to address these psychosocial factors in treatment settings.

Article Abstract

Objective: Studies conducted in the US indicate that exposure to trauma, and stigma related to weight are environmental factors associated with the development of disordered eating. Few studies have explored psychosocial and contextual factors surrounding disordered eating in Latin American populations. This study examined everyday discrimination, verbal weight-related abuse, adverse childhood experiences, and disordered eating across individuals seeking versus not seeking weight loss treatment in Peru.

Method: Participants (N = 420) were recruited via social media and a weight management clinic in Peru. Participants completed disordered eating, everyday discrimination, verbal weight-related abuse, and adverse childhood experiences measures.

Results: The weight loss treatment seeking group showed greater disordered eating behaviors (dietary restraint) and cognitions (body dissatisfaction, overvaluation of shape/weight) compared to the non-weight loss treatment seeking group. Increased experiences of everyday discrimination, adverse childhood experiences, and verbal weight-related abuse were associated with greater levels of disordered eating behaviors and cognitions in both samples. Weight loss treatment seeking status was not a moderator of the relationships among disordered eating behaviors and cognitions, and everyday discrimination.

Discussion: Results suggest discrimination, adverse childhood experiences, and verbal weight-related abuse are associated with eating pathology, and more disordered eating and behaviors are seen in individuals seeking or engaged in weight loss treatment. Findings highlight the importance of evaluating eating pathology for individuals reporting, or at high risk for discrimination, childhood trauma or weight-related abuse.

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