How Eating Disorders Affect a Woman's Ability to Parent

How Eating Disorders Affect a Woman's Ability to Parent
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TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u Table of Content PAGEREF _Toc131800208 \h 2Introduction PAGEREF _Toc131800209 \h 3Literature Review PAGEREF _Toc131800210 \h 3Methods PAGEREF _Toc131800211 \h 5Results PAGEREF _Toc131800212 \h 6Discussion PAGEREF _Toc131800213 \h 7Recommendations PAGEREF _Toc131800214 \h 9Conclusion PAGEREF _Toc131800215 \h 9References PAGEREF _Toc131800216 \h 11
Introduction
Eating disorder (ED) is a mental disorder comprising negative effects in eating behaviors that affect an individual’s physical, psychological, and emotional well-being. Notably, the recent diagnostic classification of an eating disorder includes bulimia nervosa (BN), binge-eating disorder (BED), and anorexia nervosa (AN) (Crow, 2019). Healthy eating practices are crucial for parenting mothers. Usually, parenting involves rearing children with utmost guidance, love, and care. However, most researchers suggest that ED adversely affects a mother's parenting ability. In addition, motherhood parenting positively influences children's physical, psychological, and emotional well-being. This role may be difficult if these mothers cannot control their well-being due to ED.
The available literature suggests that mothers with eating disorders may significantly alter the normal developmental process of their children. Furthermore, children whose mothers have ED also risk developing this condition. Most of the recent research is based on a systematic literature review, where researchers analyze and compile information from other scholars regarding ED. A systematic review is relevant in obtaining conclusions from various findings. This paper aims to establish an overview of how ED affects a woman’s parenting ability.
Literature Review
Martini et al. (2020) conducted a systematic literature review about mothers with eating disorders and their children. This researcher aimed to determine maternal ED's impact on children's development in dynamic aspects. The researcher focuses on temperament, psychopathology, cognitive development, neuropsychological profile, and their children's eating behavior. Martini et al. (2019) conducted a longitudinal study on infant attitudes and feeding behavior among mothers with ED. The researcher aimed to investigate whether maternal ED can significantly affect their infant's well-being and development process. In addition, the researcher aims to address the issue of ED in pregnant women and ascertain its impact on mothers and their parenting roles. In addition, this researcher also investigated behaviors that women may adopt during ED that may affect their parenting. One of the concerns that the researcher ascertained was to study the perception of ED mothers of their children, including those who were breastfeeding.
Mantel et al. (2022) analyzed whether the children of women diagnosed with ED had a neurodevelopmental disorder. In this research, the researcher's objective was to find the relationship between ED in mothers and neurodevelopmental disorders in children during their growth and development stages. In this case, the researcher also aimed at finding this relationship as a milestone towards sensitizing healthcare in case there would be a correlation between the two scenarios. According to the researcher, this would enable health organizations to understand whether infants and children of women with ED are at risk of enveloping neuropsychiatric. At the same time, the researcher was also determined to find if this ED affected the women’s parenting role.
Martínez-Olcina et al. (2020) conducted a systematic literature review about eating disorders in breastfeeding and pregnant women. This researcher aimed to determine the associated risks, consequences, and prevalence of ED. Notably, the researcher focuses on aspects including temperament, neuropsychological profile, psychopathology, cognitive development, and children's eating behavior. Mah et al. (2021) conducted a qualitative systematic literature review about infant outcomes whose mothers had ED. The researcher aimed to investigate the relationship between the mothers' behavior and that of the infant due to maternal ED. This researcher also targeted to address the issue of ED in pregnant women and ascertain its impact on mothers and their parenting roles. At the same time, this researcher investigated behaviors that women may have during ED that may affect their parenting. The major issue the researcher ascertained was to study the perception of ED mothers of their children, including those who were breastfeeding.
Mantel et al. (2022) analyzed whether the children of women diagnosed with ED had a neurodevelopmental disorder. In this research, the researcher's objective was to find the relationship between ED in mothers and neurodevelopmental disorders in children during their growth and development stages. In this case, the researcher also aimed at finding this relationship as a milestone towards sensitizing healthcare in case there would be a correlation between the two scenarios. According to the researcher, this would enable health organizations to understand whether infants and children of women with ED are at risk of enveloping neuropsychiatric. At the same time, the researcher was also determined to find if this ED affected the women’s parenting role.
Chapman et al. (2021) suggest a healthy lifestyle is crucial for parenting mothers. In addition, mothers who are diagnosed with ED have poor eating patterns. In most cases, these mothers have a higher chance of having emotional changes, leading to behavioral changes. Consequently, these mothers may neglect their parenting roles dues to the effect of ED. The mother may spend little time with their children due to the loss of parental connection due to ED effects. According to this researcher, this ED leads to adverse health well-being, including psychological, physical, social, and mental.
Methods
Martini et al. (2020) performed a comprehensive and systematic search of databases which included Midline, Embase, and psychInfo. Notably, the searches in these databases comprised data between January 1980 and September 2018. In this case, this researcher performed the search using mesh terms that included “mother with binge eating disorder,” “mothers with bulimia nervosa,” “maternal binge eating disorder,” “maternal bulimia nervosa,” or “maternal anorexia nervosa.” The researcher had a series of selection criteria, comprising studies that included mothers diagnosed with ED, the results of this ED on the child’s development, and primary research published in English. Martini et al. (2019) used the Nutrition and Stress in Pregnancy (NEST-p) study to observe the effect of maternal ED on infant parenting. The researcher used a sample of 137 mothers during the post-natal period. In addition, the researcher excluded women who had psychiatric disorders.
Mantel et al. (2022) used a population–based cohort study to determine the findings of the results. In addition, the researcher sourced these studies from Swedish Medical Birth Registry. Moreover, the researcher selected singleton births that were registered between 1990 to 2012. Mantel et al. (2022) also completed a follow-...