Gender network analysis of the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q7) in Peruvian adults

• Published in: Nutrición hospitalaria : organo oficial de la Sociedad Española de Nutrición Parenteral y Enteral Vol. 40; no. 4; pp. 778 - 783
• Main Authors: Ramos-Vera, Cristian Antony, Calizaya-Milla, Yaquelin E, Saintila, Jacksaint
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: Spain Grupo Arán 01.07.2023
• Subjects: Nutrition & Dietetics; América Latina; Insatisfacción corporal; Body weight; Eating disorders; Perú; Body dissatisfaction; Trastornos alimentarios; Peru; Peso corporal; Latin America
• ISSN: 0212-1611; 1699-5198; 1699-5198
• DOI: 10.20960/nh.04228

network assessment of eating disorder (ED)-related symptomatology from a gender perspective is an important topic of study; however, there is limited research in the Latin American context. this study aimed to explore the patterns of association of the components of the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q7) according to gender, using two simultaneous network models in 890 Peruvian adults (63.51 % were women; mean age: 26.40). two graphs considering the gender factor were made using the R package qgrap and the merged LASSO graph. higher network centrality measures were obtained for items related to body image dissatisfaction and overvaluation in women; while in the men's network, the items of food restriction and overestimation of weight were the most central symptoms. both network models were invariant and showed no significant differences in both structure and connections.