Eating disorders and their associations with physical form and body composition in young adults: sistematic review
Aim: Since physical form and body composition are affected by disturbances in eating behavior, these twofactors are theoretically related; however, we did not identify studies that primarily aimed to study theserelationships. This updated systematic review analyzed studies published from 2011 on eat...
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| Format: | Artículo |
| Language: | spa |
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Ciencia en la frontera
2018
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| Online Access: | http://erevistas.uacj.mx/ojs/index.php/cienciafrontera/article/view/2487 |
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| Summary: | Aim: Since physical form and body composition are affected by disturbances in eating behavior, these twofactors are theoretically related; however, we did not identify studies that primarily aimed to study theserelationships. This updated systematic review analyzed studies published from 2011 on eating disordersand how these disorders are associated with or modify the physical form and body composition of youngfemale adults (18-45 years old).Methods: Scopus, MEDLINE and Science Direct were searched using the keywords “Eating disorders”, “Body composition”, “Body shape”, “Undernutrition”, “Obesity” and “Anorexia”. Of the 10031 articles identified through independent selection, three researchers selected 15 manuscripts that fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria.Results: None of the manuscripts described physical form; only body composition was addressed. X-ray densitometry (DXA) was the measurement method most commonly used, whereas anthropometry was erroneously used to assess body composition.Conclusions: Body composition changes, not body shape changes, were associated with the presence of eating disorder in young female adults, but not with the severity of behavior. We did not find any papers that studied eating disorders in men. |
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| ISSN: | 2007-042X |