Parents who receive the minimum amount of education face the highest risk of developing children eating disordersA new study claims.
Research published on Wednesday by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) shows that children who come from a more disadvantaged background are more likely Experience symptoms of food disorders In his adolescence.
Those whose parents did not go for any further education after the secondary school were likely to develop the symptoms of disorganized food, because unlike children whose parents went to the university.
“Socio economic scarcity is a major determinant of poor mental and physical health in children,” reports of study.
“Children of the most disadvantaged houses experience high spread of mental health problems, such as depression and anxiety, At least compared to those living in deprived houses. ,
Symptoms included problematic food behavior, weight and size concerns and body dissatisfaction at the age of 14, 16 and 18 years.
The study conducted by University College London PhD students included around 8,000 participants. This analyzed several factors including parents’ income, education, business and financial difficulties.
Researchers said: “We have defined disorganized food as a binary variable whether teenagers have explained any biping, purification, or restrictive food (excessive diet and fasting) or in the last 12 months in the last 12 months, at the age of 14, 16 and 18 years of these behaviors.
“We used to personally eat, cleanse and use restrictive food as a secondary result to examine our specific associations with socio -economic status.”
It has been said that it is often believed that food disorders are more common in those who come from high socio -economic background, but evidence is mixed.
It also notes that children of the lower socio -economic background face more obstacles in diagnosis and obtaining care.
Washington Post The findings of a study in 2021 showed that 16.5 percent of women of the disadvantaged background experience the body’s dissatisfaction than 12.2 percent from a low disadvantaged background.
This difference between young adults became wide, people with 22.7 percent low income felt dissatisfied with their bodies, which were 8.1 percent of high -income.
It was also reported that 37.2 percent of girls in the highest income bracket reported unhealthy behaviors such as 53.5 percent young girls in low -income brackets, such as hanging, pure or laxative.
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