Identificação de distúrbios da imagem corporal e comportamentos favoráveis ao desenvolvimento da bulimia nervosa em adolescentes de uma Escola Pública do Ensino Médio de Maringá, Estado do Paraná - DOI: 10.4025/actascihealthsci.v30i2.5986

Alice Maria de Souza-Kaneshima; Angela Andréia França; Daniele de Pinto Freitas Kneube; Edilson Nobuyoshi Kaneshima

doi:10.4025/actascihealthsci.v30i2.5986

Identifying body image disorders and behaviors leading to the development of bulimia nervosa in adolescents from a Public High School in Maringá, Paraná State - DOI: 10.4025/actascihealthsci.v30i2.5986

Authors

Alice Maria de Souza-Kaneshima CESUMAR Author
Angela Andréia França CESUMAR Author
Daniele de Pinto Freitas Kneube CESUMAR Author
Edilson Nobuyoshi Kaneshima CESUMAR Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihealthsci.v30i2.5986

Keywords:

adolescents, bulimia nervosa, body image

Abstract

Conscious of the importance of studying eating disorders in adolescents, this work identified the onset of body image disorders and bulimia nervosa in 187 adolescents. Using the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ), it was shown that 48.13% of adolescents displayed body image disorders. The application of the Bulimic Investigatory Test, Edinbugh (BITE) demonstrated that 3.74 and 39.04% of adolescents presented a high or medium level of eating disorder, respectively. In the subscale of BITE severity, it was detected that 2.67 and 7.49% of adolescents showed high and moderated gravity of bulimia nervosa. The results revealed some adolescents with attitudes and behaviors that favor the development of bulimia nervosa, due to a distorted perception of their body image. Therefore, educational campaigns are necessary to clarify that the cult of the body is associated with serious eating disorders.

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Published

2008-12-15

Issue

Vol. 30 No. 2 (2008)

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Public Health

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Identifying body image disorders and behaviors leading to the development of bulimia nervosa in adolescents from a Public High School in Maringá, Paraná State - DOI: 10.4025/actascihealthsci.v30i2.5986. (2008). Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences, 30(2), 167-173. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihealthsci.v30i2.5986