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Editorial
Unpacking the Bulk: The Need to Contextualize Weight Gain Attempts Among Adolescent Boys
Journal of Adolescent Health
Vol. 64Issue 4p423–424Published in issue: April, 2019
- Jerel P. Calzo
Cited in Scopus: 1
As a developmental psychologist who researches gender and sexual orientation health disparities in disordered eating, I am often asked by health providers and researchers about how they should interact with male patients and research participants and what are the best questions and instruments to include. The preponderance of research on health risks associated with body image ideals across the lifespan has focused on thin-ideal internalization among girls and women. However, as evidence grows on gender differences in the phenomenology and risk factors for body image concerns, researchers and clinicians such as Nagata et al.