Estado nutricional e distúrbio da imagem corporal em adolescentes de Anicuns – Goiás

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the nutritional status and frequency of body image disorder and its association with sociodemographic predictors in adolescents enrolled in state schools in the city of Anicuns - GO. A cross - sectional descriptive study was carried out in adolescents aged 10 to 19 enrolled in state schools in the city of Anicuns - GO. To evaluate the body image disorder, the Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) and the Silhouettes Scale were used. A questionnaire on socio-demographic, anthropometric and food consumption data was also applied. The results indicated that 56.03% of the students were female, with a mean age of 15 ± 2.1 years and 53.45% reported having a family income of 2 minimum wages. It was observed that the ingestion of vegetables, vegetables and fruits occurred four times or more during the week by only 12.07% and 9.48% of the students, respectively. Regarding nutritional status by BMI, 61.21% were in eutrophy and 36.2% were overweight and obese. On the other hand, 48.28% of adolescents presented abdominal obesity measured by waist circumference, demonstrating a distribution of body fat located in the abdomen. An association between nutritional status and body image dissatisfaction was found by the BSQ method (p <0.05). There was intense body dissatisfaction in 24.29% of eutrophic adolescents. In addition, the association between nutritional status and body perception by the silhouetted scale showed that 30% of the eutrophic students presented a body perception of degree I obesity and 56.25% of obese students if they perceived obesity to a maximum degree, that is , level III. It is concluded that with the exception of the students classified with thinness, the other students are perceived, with the nutritional status above the really possess.