Factors associated with the risk of eating disorder in students from university centers in Maceió-AL
Abstract
Eating Disorders (EDs) are characterized by behaviors related to eating that result in altered consumption or absorption of food and that significantly compromise physical health and/or psychosocial functioning. The estimated prevalence of EDs among Brazilians ranges from 0.5 to 5.0% in the 18 to 30 age group, which classifies college-age students as a high-risk group. Thus, we investigated the presence of risk behaviors and associated factors for the development of eating disorders among students in the health area of Maceió-Al. Therefore, it was a descriptive cross-sectional study, data collection was performed through an online questionnaire, integrated by the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26), Body Mass Index (BMI) and a complementary questionnaire, evaluating a total of 316 participants. The mean age observed in the total sample was 22.6 years. It identified that 26.9% of students are at risk for developing ED. It was observed that the presence of a risk factor was associated with the female sex (71.7%), with obesity, the presence of body dissatisfaction (70.6%), with the veterinary medicine course, the practice of physical exercises (92.9%), the use of methods (54.1%) to change body weight and the presence of previous pathologies. Finally, the relevance of periodic actions of nutritional education and psychological support in the University Centers is highlighted, in order to contribute to an improvement in the quality of life of the researched group.
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