Estudo sobre a anorexia e bulimia nervosa em universitárias

to detect prevalence that indicates anorexia and bulimia in university students, considering marital status, course, bmi, depression and physical activity. the eating attitudes test (eat-26) and the body shape questionnaire (bsq) were administered to 352 female students. in comparison with the other courses, students of the nutrition course showed higher positive prevalence of anorexia (20,2%), depression (23,2%), and practitioners of physical activity (19,2%). occupational therapy and non practitioners showed higher negative prevalence. as for bulimia, obese persons (35,7%) and over weight persons (21,1%) showed serious concern about their body image. persons under weight did not show this concern (93,8%). the nutrition course showed higher prevalence that indicates anorexia and depressed people tend to have worse outcomes on both instruments.