Yoga and body image: Findings from a large population-based study of young adults.
Body Image
; 24: 69-75, 2018 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-29288970
ABSTRACT
This study explored the potential for yoga to promote body satisfaction in a general population of young adults. The sample included 1664 participants (M age 31.1, SD=1.6years) in Project EAT, a 15-year longitudinal study. Data from the third and fourth waves (EAT-III and EAT-IV), collected five years apart, were utilized. Practicing yoga (≥30min/week) was reported by 16.2% of young adults. After adjusting for EAT-III body satisfaction and body mass index, yoga practitioners had higher concurrent body satisfaction at EAT-IV than those not practicing yoga (difference 1.5 units [95% CI 0.1-2.8], p=.03). Among participants within the lowest quartile of prior (EAT-III) body satisfaction, there was preliminary evidence that body satisfaction at EAT-IV was higher among yoga practitioners than in other young adults. Findings suggest that yoga may be associated with improved body satisfaction, particularly among young adults with low prior body satisfaction.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Personal Satisfaction
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Yoga
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Body Image
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Body Mass Index
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Body Image
Journal subject:
PSICOLOGIA
Year:
2018
Document type:
Article