Effects Of Exercise Behaviors And Body Image And Eating...

Introduction Wellness requires a balance between mental health and physical health. Researching the effect between exercise behaviors and physical self-esteem on eating behaviors looks at one facet of this relationship. Exercise behaviors that will be looked at will take into account intensity of exercise, exercise frequency, and motivations for exercise. Self-esteem is multifaceted, but focusing on physical self-esteem pinpoints the physical appearance factors. Eating behaviors will be defined as the presence of significant eating disorder symptomology further detailed in the methods section. Eating disorder categories covered are anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and orthorexia. For the purpose of this study binge eating disorder (BED) will†¦show more content†¦Individuals who have appearance driven motivation for exercise experience a more negative body image (O’Hara, Cox, Amorose, 2014). Health centered motivations make it less likely for an individual to objectify them selves (O’Hara, Cox, Amorose, 2014). Self-objectification is an indicator of body dissatisfaction (Stuart, Trepp, Kuhle, Slaugh, Murtaugh, 2015). One common measurement used to assess body dissatisfaction is a somatotype scale test. The distance between what an individual deems to be an ideal somatotype and the somatotype they identify themselves as having represents their body image. A higher difference in the identified somatotypes indicates a lower body image. A causation relationship has not been established, but a lower body image is associated with disorded eating behaviors (Ferreria, Pinto-Gouveia, Duarte, 2013; Stuart, Trepp, Kuhle, Slaugh, Murtaugh, 2015). This connection has been commonly addressed during treatment sessions for eating disorders. Additionally to further enhance treatment, it has more recently been seen that amount of exercise is no longer related to body image when motivation has been taken into account within a non-eating disorder population (Ho lland, Brown, Keel, 2014). Proving that this same relationship exists within an eating disorder population may change treatment tactics. It would allow focus during exercise therapy to shift from controlling the amount of