Ucwaningo lwabesifazane abangaphezu kuka-4000 olwenziwa yi-UNC Chapel Hill luveze imiphumela esabekayo: abesifazane abathathu kwabane abaningi bahlushwa ukudla okungenamsoco. Iqiniso elidabukisayo, ucwaningo olukhombisile, ukuthi maningi amathuba okuthi owesifazane abhekane nokudla okungenamsoco kunokuba kungenjalo.
Uchwepheshe wokuphazamiseka kwemikhuba yokudla, uLydia Knight, uyavuma. UKnight, oye wasiza izinkulungwane ukuba zithole inkululeko ezinkingeni zokudla—ngaphezu kokunqoba okwakhe—ayimangazi imiphumela yohlolo. Uthe, “Nakuba ukudla okungenamsoco kuyinsakavukela, abesifazane abaningi abaqapheli ukuthi into abalwa nayo empeleni iwukudla okungenamsoco.”
Umuntu angafunda kanjani uma enenkinga yokudla? Ngokusho kwe-American Psychological Association izimpawu zokudla okungalungile zingabandakanya:
• Ukudla ngendlela eyeqisayo
• Ukushaya nokuhlanza
• Ukuhoxa emphakathini
• Ukudla ngokomzwelo
Ngaphezu kwalokho, umlobi uSusan Haworth-Hoeppner, encwadini yakhe ethi Family, Culture, and Self in the Development of Eating Disorders, uhlanganyela lezo zimpawu zokuphazamiseka kwemikhuba yokudla zingase zihlanganisa:
• Ukucasha noma ukunyonyoba ukudla
• Ukulahlekelwa ukulawula lapho uziluma
• Ukuzizwa unamahloni ngemva kokuzidla
• Ukugwema izimo ngokudla
• Ukudla ngokweqile
“Ulwazi lungamandla,” ngokukaKnight, “ngoba lapho abesifazane befunda ukuthi ukudla kwabo kuphazamisekile, bangenza okuthile ngakho.” U-Knight, oxoxisane nabesifazane abangaphezu kuka-5,000 abazibika ngokudla ngendlela ehlelekile, wabelana ngeziphakamiso zakhe ezintathu eziphambili zokukhululeka ekudleni okunokuphazamiseka kwengqondo, “Okokuqala, yeka indlela yokudla. I-National Institute of Health ibika ukuthi ukudla okulinganiselayo kuyindlela yokuqala yokunquma inkinga entsha yokudla, futhi sithole okufanayo. Ukudla kunomphumela ophambene abaningi abanethemba ngawo. Okwesibili, yabelana ngolwazi lwakho nomuntu omethembayo. Ukwabelana ngendaba yakho kusiza ukuqeda umjikelezo wehlazo. Ekugcineni, thola usizo olufanele lochwepheshe.”
Ukuphazamiseka kwemikhuba yokudla kujwayelekile emaqenjini ahlukene abesifazane. Inhlolovo ye-UNC Chapel Hill iphinde yathola ukuthi ukudla okungenamsoco kugcwele ngokulinganayo kuzo zonke izinhlanga, izinhlanga neminyaka. Abesifazane abaneminyaka ephakathi kuka-30 no-40 babika ukudla ngendlela engafanele njengoba nje kuyintsha. Ukuze uxazulule ubhubhane lokuphazamiseka kwemikhuba yokudla, kubalulekile ukuqonda ukuthi inkinga akuyona nje amantombazane asakhula abhekana nayo.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Ngaphezu kwalokho, umlobi uSusan Haworth-Hoeppner, encwadini yakhe ethi Family, Culture, and Self in the Development of Eating Disorders, uhlanganyela lezo zimpawu zokuphazamiseka kwemikhuba yokudla ezingase zihlanganise.
- I-National Institute of Health ibika ukuthi ukudla okulinganiselayo kuyindlela yokuqala yokunquma inkinga entsha yokudla, futhi sithole okufanayo.
- Ukuze uxazulule ubhubhane lwezinkinga zokudla, kubalulekile ukuqonda ukuthi inkinga akuyona nje amantombazane asakhula abhekana nayo.
