"Body image and nutritional status among students of a private school" / "Imagem corporal e estado nutricional de estudantes de uma escola particular"

AUTOR(ES)

Maria Aparecida Conti

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2002

RESUMO

Conti MA. Body image and nutritional status among students of a private school. São Paulo; 2002. [Dissertação de Mestrado – Faculdade de Saúde Pública da USP].The body image, understood as the body image formed by mind, has been developing since the birth. The present study aimed to verify the body image perception of adolescents, through nutritional status evaluation and an adapted body satisfaction scale application. The sample was 147 teenagers (52 boys and 95 girls) with 12 years old on average who had their weight and stature measured and answered a body satisfaction questionnaire. In relation to the nutritional status, it was registered for the boys, 1.92% of leanness, 53.84% of normality and 44.23% of overweight/obesity, and for the girls, 3.15%, 77.89% and 18.92% respectively. The boys had identified complete body dissatisfaction with weight (34.6%) and stomach area (25.0%) and girls with their weight (30.5%), thorax/breast (20.0%) and stomach area (17.9%). It was detected significant association between nutritional status and body satisfaction. The boys classified as ‘overweight/obesity’ had greater dissatisfaction with the stomach area, waist and weight comparing to the boys classified as ‘normal’. The girls had greater dissatisfaction with their hair, buttocks, hip, thighs, legs, stomach, shoulder/back, muscle strenght, weight and general aspects. It was registered significant differences between the phase of adolescence (sexual maturation) and degree of body satisfaction. The pre-pubescent boys had greater dissatisfaction with the shoulder/back area than the pubescent ones. For the pos-pubescent girls, greater dissatisfaction was related to the face area, hair, hip, stomach area, waist, thorax/breast, muscle strength, height and general aspects, comparing to the pubescent ones. When gender and body satisfaction was associated, the boys had shown greater dissatisfaction with the stomach area and buttocks and girls with the thorax/breast area. In conclusion the nutritional status, sexual maturation and gender were associated with body satisfaction and body image. In the public health area, the possible body dissatisfaction causes among teenagers are midia, social, familiar and peer’s influences.

ASSUNTO(S)

adolescência imagem corporal adolescence nutricional status body image estado nutricional

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