Nutritional status, evaluation of eating disorders and body self-image in university students in Rio de Janeiro
Abstract
The literature reports a higher prevalence of eating disorders in university students of courses in which physical appearance is important, among them Nutrition. Objective: To evaluate the perception of body self-image, food behavior and nutritional status of students of Nutrition and Pedagogy. Method: The Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26), the Food Compulsion Scale, and the Figure Rating Scale were applied to 164 students, who provided weight and height for calculating body mass index. Discussion: For the whole group, EAT-26 showed that 17% had a suggestive behavior of eating disorder. In the group of students of Nutrition, 9.1% presented binge eating, while of Pedagogy students 10.8% presented. Of the Nutrition students, 6.1% overestimated their body size, while the overestimation in the Pedagogy group was higher, 6.2%. Regarding the nutritional status, it was observed that the majority of the students were classified as eutrophic. Results: For the whole group, 17% of the students presented behavior suggestive of eating disorder. About 65.2% of the students in the sample were eutrophic, 27.4% were overweight, 3% had some degree of malnutrition and 4.3% were obese. For the group studied, 7.9% of university students would like to have a fatter body, 22.6% were satisfied with their body and 69.4% would like a leaner body. Conclusion: A high dissatisfaction with the body self-image in the courses was found. Nutrition presented higher levels of dissatisfaction, besides the prevalence of inappropriate eating behavior, showing a possible susceptibility of these students to the development of eating disorders.
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