%0 Journal Article %T Transtornos alimentares e imagem corporal em acad¨ºmicos de Educa£¿£¿o F¨ªsica %A Legnani %A Rosimeide Francisco Santos %A Legnani %A Elto %A Pereira %A ¨¦rico Felden %A Gasparotto %A Guilherme da Silva %A Vieira %A Lenamar Fiorese %A Campos %A Wagner de %J Motriz: Revista de Educa£¿£¿o F¨ªsica %D 2012 %I Universidade Estadual Paulista %R 10.1590/S1980-65742012000100009 %X the 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. %K body image %K feeding behavior %K physical education and training %K health education %K education higher. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1980-65742012000100009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en