Although it has been demonstrated that (a) body dissatisfaction and internalization of societal appearance standards contribute to disordered eating and (b) that internalization of societal appearance standards leads to decreased skin color satisfaction among Black women, it has not been established whether skin color dissatisfaction contributes to disordered eating among Black women or girls. The objective of the present study is to determine the influence of skin color satisfaction as a potential predictor for binge eating, and its effect through body image in Black girls during the vulnerable developmental period of adolescence. Using data from ten annual measurements in 1213 Black girls across ages 10–19, we sought to determine whether skin color satisfaction predicts Binge Eating Disorder (BED) risk and symptoms using pre-registered logistic and multilevel models. We found that lower skin color satisfaction at ages 13 and 14 significantly predicted greater odds of BED and lower skin color satisfaction at all ages predicted greater BED symptoms. Body satisfaction mediated the relationship between skin color satisfaction and BED symptoms. Our results suggest that skin color dissatisfaction is a novel component of body image for Black girls that is also related to binge eating.

尽管已经证明，(a) 身体不满意和社会外表标准的内化会导致饮食失调，(b) 社会外表标准的内化会导致黑人女性肤色满意度下降，但尚未确定肤色不满是否会导致饮食失调。导致黑人妇女或女孩饮食失调。本研究的目的是确定肤色满意度作为暴饮暴食的潜在预测因素的影响，以及其在青春期脆弱发育时期对黑人女孩身体形象的影响。利用对 1213 名 10-19 岁黑人女孩进行的 10 次年度测量数据，我们试图使用预先注册的逻辑和多级模型来确定肤色满意度是否可以预测暴食症 (BED) 风险和症状。我们发现，13 岁和 14 岁的肤色满意度较低，显着预示着暴食症发生的几率较高，而所有年龄段的肤色满意度较低，则预示着暴食症症状的加重。身体满意度介导了肤色满意度与暴食症症状之间的关系。我们的研究结果表明，肤色不满意是黑人女孩身体形象的一个新组成部分，也与暴饮暴食有关。