Trastornos alimentarios, género y migración: Una reflexión teórica para la creación de políticas públicas e intervención clínica con mujeres migrantes
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This theoretical essay aims to explain how the interaction between gender, food insecurity, and migratory conditions contributes to the onset and maintenance of eating disorders (EDs) among migrant women, and to derive implications for public health and clinical intervention. Drawing on scientific literature, we integrate Krieger’s ecosocial model with an intersectional perspective to analyze three main pathways mediating the emergence and course of EDs in this population: 1) gender as a mechanism of the migratory experience; 2) food insecurity as structural violence; and 3) EDs as the embodiment of historical inequalities. The synthesis demonstrates that migrant women’s bodies materialize conditions of exclusion (historical, economic, and symbolic) that regulate their access to food, mental health, and social recognition. Implications are derived for policy, research, and clinical practice: strengthening culturally relevant networks and environments; adopting participatory approaches that recognize migrant women as knowledge producers; and redesigning clinical care to integrate social determinants, trauma, and food security.
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7223291553