Disordered eating among Brazilian female college students

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5223703
AutoresMarle Dos Santos Alvarenga (0000-0001-6922-2670, Universidade de São Paulo), Bárbara Hatzlhoffer Lourenço (0000-0002-2006-674X, Universidade de São Paulo), Sonia Tucunduva Philippi (0000-0003-0315-2360, Universidade de São Paulo), F B Scagliusi (0000-0001-7590-4563, Universidade Federal de São Paulo)
Año2013
Volumen29
Número5
Páginas879-888
Fecha de publicación2013-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
EditorialFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0102-311x2013000900006
PMID23702994
OpenAlexW4244053018
SCIELO_PIDS0102-311X2013000900006, S0102-311X2013000500006
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas31

This study aimed to investigate the socioeconomic and nutritional factors associated with disordered eating among Brazilian female college students (n = 2,489). Prevalence ratios of risk factors were calculated using Poisson regression models with robust variance based on responses to selected questions from the Eating Attitude Test and Disordered Eating Attitude Scale. It was found that 40.7% of students were dieting, 35.6% were using diet or compensatory methods, 23.9% skipping meals, 12.6% not eating or just drinking liquids, and 3.3%, vomiting to lose weight. A positive association was found between not eating or just drinking liquids and skipping meals and nutritional status after adjustment for age and region. A positive association was found between compensatory methods and dieting and education level of the head of the family. Disordered eating behaviors were frequent, and not eating and skipping meals were more prevalent among overweight/obese students; compensatory methods and dieting were less prevalent among students from families whose head had up to only four years of education. Prevention strategies and food education are necessary in order to decrease the prevalence of these behaviors

Developmental psychology · Dieting · Disordered eating · Eating disorders · Environmental health · Obesity · Overweight · Poisson regression · Population · Socioeconomic status · Weight loss · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Obesity and Health Practices · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology