Abstract
The objective of this study was to investigate associations between body dissatisfaction and unhealthy nutritional status. The study enrolled 180 female adolescents (10-17 years). Anthropometric variables (body mass, height, skin folds) and body image self-perception were determined. Adolescents were defined as having unhealthy nutritional status if their BMI was
Highlights
Adolescents were defined as having unhealthy nutritional status wheter their BMI was < 18.5 or ≥ 25.0 kg/m2 or if their body fat percentage (%F) was ≤ 14.9 or ≥ 25%
It was observed that 82.2% of the adolescents were classified as having healthy nutritional status according to their BMI, whereas, when classified according to %F, just 46.1% were within healthy limits (p
Adolescents whose BMI and %F were outside healthy limits had 3.38 and 3.76 times greater chances of body dissatisfaction, respectively, than those with healthy nutritional status
Summary
A maioria das pesquisas que estudaram a relação entre insatisfação com a imagem corporal e estado nutricional utilizaram apenas o IMC como indicador do estado nutricional (PINHEIRO; GIUGLIANI, 2006; CONTI; FRUTUOSO; GAMBARDELLA, 2005; BRANCO; HILÁRIO; CINTRA, 2006), porém esse método não tem sido considerado preciso para estimar a adiposidade corporal (ACUÑA; CRUZ, 2004; ANJOS, 1992). O presente estudo teve como objetivo verificar a associação entre insatisfação com a imagem corporal e inadequação nutricional em adolescentes.
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