One experience that people commonly face is insecurity. This insecurity may stem from physical appearance and impact one’s self-esteem. One article from The Huffington Post briefly touches on this: “Teasing About Weight May Put Children At Risk Of Binge Eating Disorder.” This article from The Huffington Post explores the effects of teasing about weight through the introduction of Haleigh’s experiences, and highlights one key fact: being critical of children’s weight and bodies simply increases their risk for binge eating disorder. This does not mean that binge eating directly causes weight gain; rather, it is an eating disorder that can affect people from all different weights (Teasing About Weight May Put Children At Risk of Binge Eating Disorder, 2016).
The author claims that parents do play a role in how children view their own bodies and how they choose to respond to these feelings (Teasing About Weight May Put Children At Risk of Binge Eating Disorder, 2016). However, the site also suggests the author’s own biases. Towards the end of the article, there is an advertisement for a poll that asks, “How can we shift from a fatphobic culture to a body positive one?” (Teasing About Weight May Put Children At Risk of Binge Eating Disorder, 2016). In addition to this, the article ends on a note where it is suggests that parents promote and create an environment where children do not have to feel pressured towards maintaining a certain body image. Furthermore, this implies that the author wants to put an end to body shaming, and cultivate a culture that teaches people to embrace the bodies that they are in. In “Family correlates of childhood binge eating: A systematic review,” the main research question asked was: “What is the context in which childhood binge eating (CBE) and related characteristics develop?” Authors Saltzman and Liechty’s hypothesis is implied as the article continues: teasing children about weight is correlated with childhood binge eating. …show more content…
The term “children” can be broadly defined. And so, the authors referenced the US Department of Health and Human Services when choosing the population they studied: children whose ages ranged from birth to 12 years old (Saltzman & Liechty, 2016). The number of children included in these studies is unclear because some studies were longitudinal and certain children who surpassed the age limit could no longer participate in them. These populations were taken from studies in the U.S., Germany, and Belgium. Consequently, this demonstrates one limitation of the study: the peer-reviewed articles that were used were all English-language articles and cannot speak for international research on child binge eating disorder. As the researchers further explained in the article, they searched through PubMed and PsycInfo for peer-reviewed studies using terms related to child binge-eating, also known as “CBE.” From here, 111 studies were identified, and 15 were reviewed for the sake of this article (Saltzman & Liechty, 2016). At the end of the review, Saltzman and Liechty found that “Weight teasing and parental under-involvement are the only family factors that can be classified as correlates of C-BE” (2016). Therefore, all of the other factors that were looked at throughout the review (ex: family weight and thinness concerns, mealtimes, and feeding practices)
The author claims that parents do play a role in how children view their own bodies and how they choose to respond to these feelings (Teasing About Weight May Put Children At Risk of Binge Eating Disorder, 2016). However, the site also suggests the author’s own biases. Towards the end of the article, there is an advertisement for a poll that asks, “How can we shift from a fatphobic culture to a body positive one?” (Teasing About Weight May Put Children At Risk of Binge Eating Disorder, 2016). In addition to this, the article ends on a note where it is suggests that parents promote and create an environment where children do not have to feel pressured towards maintaining a certain body image. Furthermore, this implies that the author wants to put an end to body shaming, and cultivate a culture that teaches people to embrace the bodies that they are in. In “Family correlates of childhood binge eating: A systematic review,” the main research question asked was: “What is the context in which childhood binge eating (CBE) and related characteristics develop?” Authors Saltzman and Liechty’s hypothesis is implied as the article continues: teasing children about weight is correlated with childhood binge eating. …show more content…
The term “children” can be broadly defined. And so, the authors referenced the US Department of Health and Human Services when choosing the population they studied: children whose ages ranged from birth to 12 years old (Saltzman & Liechty, 2016). The number of children included in these studies is unclear because some studies were longitudinal and certain children who surpassed the age limit could no longer participate in them. These populations were taken from studies in the U.S., Germany, and Belgium. Consequently, this demonstrates one limitation of the study: the peer-reviewed articles that were used were all English-language articles and cannot speak for international research on child binge eating disorder. As the researchers further explained in the article, they searched through PubMed and PsycInfo for peer-reviewed studies using terms related to child binge-eating, also known as “CBE.” From here, 111 studies were identified, and 15 were reviewed for the sake of this article (Saltzman & Liechty, 2016). At the end of the review, Saltzman and Liechty found that “Weight teasing and parental under-involvement are the only family factors that can be classified as correlates of C-BE” (2016). Therefore, all of the other factors that were looked at throughout the review (ex: family weight and thinness concerns, mealtimes, and feeding practices)