%0 Journal Article
%T Frequ¨ºncia de comportamentos alimentares inadequados e sua rela£¿£¿o com a insatisfa£¿£¿o corporal em adolescentes
%A Silva
%A Tatiana Ara¨²jo Bertulino da
%A Ximenes
%A Rosana Christine Cavalcanti
%A Holanda
%A Manuelle de Ara¨²jo
%A Melo
%A Michel Gomes de
%A Sougey
%A Everton Botelho
%A Couto
%A Geraldo Bosco Lindoso
%J Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria
%D 2012
%I Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
%R 10.1590/S0047-20852012000300006
%X objective: to describe the relationship between frequency of body dissatisfaction and symptoms of eating disorders in adolescents. methods: the study was conducted with a sample of 300 adolescents of both sexes, aged from 10 to 17 years-old, students from a state school in recife, brazil. authors used the brazilian version of three self-report questionnaires for adolescents (eat-26, bite and bsq), and a questionnaire containing biodemographical data. results: the frequency of symptoms of eating disorders detected by the eat-26 was 32.3%; 2.3% for suggestive behaviors of bulimia nervosa, through bite, and 36.67% of the students presented an unusual eating pattern; 5.6% showed body dissatisfaction, and 66.3%, showed normality in relation to its body form. conclusion: these adolescents had higher levels of change in body self-image, with high frequency of body dissatisfaction, that suggest and association with inappropriate eating behaviors.
%K eating disorders
%K body dissatisfaction
%K adolescent.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0047-20852012000300006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en