Violence against women (VAW) is a global public health problem associated with considerable health risks, including disordered eating behavior (DEB) and eating disorders (ED). The current study investigates the effect of different VAW types on the occurrence of DEB and the risk of ED in adult women in Lebanon. A cross-sectional survey assessing violence exposure, ED risk, and DEB was administered to 367 women older than 18 years; classified into a violence exposed group (EG, n = 106) and unexposed group (UG, n = 261). Pearson's correlations, independent t-tests, and a simple linear regression were used. Results showed that total violence, and all its subscales were significantly higher in the EG compared to UG (p < 0.001). Subjects in the EG (77.78%) were more likely to be at risk of ED compared to those in the UG (p = 0.034). Moreover, total violence, physical, and sexual violence were associated with increased risk of ED (p = 0.0259, p = 0.0354, and p = 0.0351, respectively). Regarding DEB, only external eating was significantly higher among the EG compared to the UG (p = 0.0031). The present findings showed that VAW results in DEB and thus increased risk of ED.

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成年期对妇女的暴力行为与饮食失调行为和饮食失调风险的增加有关：一项横断面研究

对妇女的暴力行为 (VAW) 是一个全球公共卫生问题，与相当大的健康风险相关，包括饮食失调 (DEB) 和饮食失调 (ED)。目前的研究调查了不同类型的 VAW 对黎巴嫩成年女性发生 DEB 和 ED 风险的影响。对 367 名 18 岁以上的女性进行了一项评估暴力暴露、ED 风险和 DEB 的横断面调查；分为暴力暴露组（EG，n  = 106）和未暴露组（UG，n  = 261）。使用了Pearson 相关性、独立t检验和简单的线性回归。结果表明，与 UG 相比，EG 的总暴力及其所有子量表显着更高（p < 0.001)。与 UG 中的受试者相比，EG 中的受试者（77.78%）更有可能面临 ED 的风险（p  = 0.034）。此外，总体暴力、身体暴力和性暴力与 ED 风险增加相关（分别为p  = 0.0259、p  = 0.0354 和p  = 0.0351）。关于 DEB，EG 中只有外部进食显着高于 UG（p  = 0.0031）。目前的研究结果表明，VAW 会导致 DEB，从而增加 ED 的风险。