African and Caucasian body ideals in South Africa and the United States
African and Caucasian body ideals in South Africa and the United States
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DOI：
10.1016/j.eatbeh.2010.09.006
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发表时间：
2011-01-01
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影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Perrett, David I.
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作者：
Coetzee, Vinet;Perrett, David I.
非洲女性经常被认为不会患上进食障碍的疾病，因为她们经历的文化压力较小，要求她们变瘦。然而，据我们所知，以前没有一项研究量化了媒体描绘的非洲身体理想。我们通过计算美国和南非男女时装模特的平均体重指数，确定了美国和南非媒体描绘的非洲人和高加索人的理想身材。在美国，非洲女性的理想身材比高加索人的理想身材要重得多，但比RSA的高加索人理想身材要瘦得多。在这两个国家，非洲男性的理想身材比高加索人的理想身材要瘦得多。研究结果表明，媒体描绘的身体理想与之前报道的进食障碍病理相似，无论是在两性还是在两个国家。(C)2010爱思唯尔有限公司。保留所有权利。
African women are often thought to be protected from developing eating disorder pathology because they experience less cultural pressure to be thin. Yet, to our knowledge, no previous study has quantified the African body ideals portrayed by the media. We determined the African and Caucasian body ideals portrayed by the media in the United States (US) and South Africa (RSA), by calculating the average body mass index of male and female fashion models in the respective countries. The African female body ideal was significantly heavier than the Caucasian body ideal in the US, but significantly thinner than the Caucasian body ideal in RSA. The African male body ideal was significantly thinner than the Caucasian body ideal in both countries. Findings indicate that the body ideals portrayed by the media parallel the previously reported eating disorder pathology for both sexes, and in both countries. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.