INFLUENŢA GREUTĂŢII CORPORALE PREZENTE ŞI DEZIRABILE ASUPRA RISCULUI DE APARIŢIE A TULBURĂRILOR DE COMPORTAMENT ALIMENTAR
The Influence of the Current and Desired Weight on the Risk for Eating Disorders

Summary/Abstract: The present study inquires into the relationships between the variables measured by the Eating Disorder Inventory-3 (EDI-3), the body mass index, and the difference between current and desired weight in three groups of women: women who wish to gain weight, women who wish to maintain their current weight, and women wishing to lose weight. The study sample consisted of 91 women, aged between 18 and 34 years, without eating disorders. The main results of this study are the following: (a) women who wish to have a different weight than that they already have (irrespective of the direction of change – gaining or losing weight) have a higher risk to develop an eating disorder comparing with women wishing to preserve their current weight; (b) the association between the risk for developing an eating disorder (as measured using the specific EDI-3 scales) and the psychological characteristics of studied sample differs depending on the relationship between the current and desired weight.

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