A true picture of eating disorders among African American women: a review of literature.
A review of published studies reveals a serious deficit in scope of eating disorders among African American women. While the "Prevalence of Eating Disorders Among African American Women" (Mulholland & Mintz, 2001), and "A Comparison of Black and White Women With Binge Eating Disorder" (Pike, Dohm, Stiegel-Moore, Wilfley, & Fairburn, 2001) offer substantial findings in an area of under representation, the findings of these studies leave many vacancies in the true picture of eating disorders among African American women. Sufficient examination of the relationship of familial roles, cultural influences, and unique stressors to African American women are not prevalent in the available studies and are not evaluated as substantial influences on maladaptive eating regulation responses.
Tyler
Indira D
ID
Department of Nursing, School of Science and Technology, Norfolk State University, USA. indiratyler@hotmail.com
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D044383:Black People; D003469:Culture; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011287:Prejudice; D015995:Prevalence; D012107:Research Design / Q000639:trends; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014495:Universities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data