Transtornos alimentares e imagem corporal em acadêmicos de Educação Física Eating disorders and body image in Physical Education students

Abstract

O objetivo deste estudo foi identificar as associações entre excesso de peso corporal, provável transtorno alimentar e distorção da imagem corporal em acadêmicos de educação física. A amostra foi formada por 229 universitários (45,6% rapazes). A imagem corporal foi analisada pelo questionário Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) e os indicadores de transtorno alimentar pelo Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26). A presença de transtorno alimentar esteve associada às distorções da imagem corporal (pThe objective of this study was to identify the relationships possible eating disorders and distortion of body image in physical education students. The sample was composed by 229 students (45.6% males). The body image was analyzed by mean Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) and the eating disorders through Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26). The presence of possible eating disorders was associated with distortion of body image (p<0.001) and not with nutritional status (p=0.448). Already the distortion in body image was associated both with possible eating disorders (p<0.001) and with the nutritional status (p=0.016). The university students with distortion of body image that were 5.29-folder higher (CI 95%: 2.15-13.09) when compared with no disorders group. The possible eating disorders indicators and distortion body image were higher in females and the higher nutritional status prevalence in males.

Keywords

• Imagem corporal
• Comportamento alimentar
• Educação física e treinamento
• Educação em saúde
• Educação superior
• Body image
• Feeding behavior
• Physical education and training
• Health education
• Education higher