Ten-year time trends in mental and physical health correlates of weight/shape overvaluation

Danilo Dias Santana; Deborah Mitchison; Scott Griffiths; Jose Carlos Appolinario; Gloria Valeria da Veiga; Stephen Touyz; Phillipa Hay

doi:10.1002/erv.2672

Ten-year time trends in mental and physical health correlates of weight/shape overvaluation

Eur Eat Disord Rev. 2019 Sep;27(5):531-540. doi: 10.1002/erv.2672. Epub 2019 Mar 21.

Authors

Danilo Dias Santana^{1

2}, Deborah Mitchison^{2

3}, Scott Griffiths⁴, Jose Carlos Appolinario⁵, Gloria Valeria da Veiga¹, Stephen Touyz⁶, Phillipa Hay⁷

Affiliations

¹ Josué de Castro Institute of Nutrition, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
² School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
³ Centre for Emotional Health, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁵ Group of Obesity and Eating Disorders, Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁶ School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁷ Translational Health Research Institute, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

PMID: 30895707
DOI: 10.1002/erv.2672

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the relationships between weight/shape overvaluation, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and functional role impairment (days out of role [DOR]) in the general population over 11 years.

Method: Five cross-sectional surveys of men and women representative of the South Australian population were conducted in 2005, 2008, 2009, 2015, and 2016 (n_total = 15,140). Data were collected on demographics, overvaluation, HRQoL, DOR, and eating disorder behaviours.

Results: Between 2005 and 2016, the prevalence of moderate overvaluation increased from 18.1% to 40.0%, marked overvaluation from 7.5% to 23.7%, and extreme overvaluation from 3.1% to 9.2% (all p < 0.001). Overvaluation at any level was associated with more DOR in 2005 but not in 2016, and the association between HRQoL impairment and overvaluation weakened over time.

Conclusion: Although the population prevalence of overvaluation has increased significantly in the past decade, the impairment associated with it appears to have reduced.

Keywords: eating disorder behaviours; epidemiology; health-related quality of life; role impairment; weight/shape overvaluation.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Australia
Body Image / psychology*
Body Weight*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Feeding and Eating Disorders / psychology
Female
Health Status*
Humans
Male
Mental Health / trends*
Middle Aged
Quality of Life
Role

Abstract

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MeSH terms

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