Pregnancy through the Looking-Glass: correlates of disordered eating attitudes among a sample of Lebanese pregnant women.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Despite the risks of gestational disordered eating for both the mother and fetus, research into this subject is scarce within developing countries, particularly in Lebanon. Our study's objective was to delve into the predictors of disordered eating attitudes during pregnancy among a sample of Lebanese pregnant women while assessing the potential mediating effect of body dissatisfaction between psychosocial factors and disordered eating attitudes in pregnancy.

Methods

We framed a cross-sectional study, built on self-report measures. Pregnant women of 18 years old and above were recruited from all the Lebanese governorates through an online survey (N = 433).

Results

The results showed that higher pregnancy-specific hassles (Beta = 0.19), media and pregnant

SUBMITTER: Gerges S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10521442 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature