Body image disturbance: Time to abandon the concept for eating disorders?

摘要: We have reviewed 19 “body image” studies on anorexia nervosa and bulimia published recently. In general, eating disorder patients overestimate their body width more often than do normal controls are usually disparaging toward body. However, we contend that it is unnecessary unwarranted to envoke the term image disturbance” explain these research findings. suggest further in area of disparagement” or characteristic attitude “weight phobia,” “fear fatness,” “pursuit thinness” may be yet fruitful without this problematic concept. Theories not true false, they fertile sterile. —Claude Bernard. When I use a word, Humpty Dumpty said rather scornful tone, It means just what choose mean. —Lewis Carroll.