A cross-sectional approach to risk factors for the development of eating disorders in university students from Biological Sciences Course, State University of Alagoas / Uma abordagem transversal dos fatores de risco para o desenvolvimento de transtornos alimentares em universitárias do curso de ciências biológicas da Universidade Estadual de Alagoas

Abstract

factors, the most common being bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa. Objectives: Demonstrating that some populations are more susceptible to its development, this study aimed to investigate the prevalence of behavior suggestive of eating disorder between university Course of Biological Sciences UNEAL campus I. Material and Methods: Were tested on the EAT-26 and BITE in 107 female students enrolled in the 2nd, 4th and 6th periods. The average age was 22.01 years. Results and Discussion: The results the EAT-26 revealed that 3.74% of the university at high risk for the development of anorexia nervosa. The results of the BITE test showed that 18.69% of university suggestive behavior eating disorder, and 80.00% of these had unusual eating patterns, and 20.00% abnormal behavior suggestive of bulimia nervosa. Conclusion: The university had high proportion of behavior suggestive of eating disorder, confirming that they are vulnerable to food syndromes, showing the need for greater attention to the health of this population.

Keywords

• Eating Disorder
• Anorexia
• Bulimia