Fatores preditivos de transtornos alimentares entre estudantes do ensino médio / Eating disorders preditive factors among high school students

RESUMO

Os transtornos alimentares têm aumentado muito e com início cada vez mais precoce. Este estudo objetivou detectar a prevalência de sintomas indicativos de distúrbios alimentares em adolescentes. Responderam a um teste 1.108 adolescentes (sexo feminino) e 968 (sexo masculino) com idade média de 15,92 anos; 9,7% tiveram o Teste de Atitudes Alimentares (EAT-26) positivo. A análise multivariadade monstrou a influência do sexo e sentimento em relação ao peso (p<0,001), sintomas depressivos (p=0,002) e índice de massa corporal (IMC) (p=0,010). Conclui-se que as adolescentes estudadas apresentam escores de EAT+ semelhantes aos descritos na literatura mundial. (AU)

ABSTRACT

Cases of eating disorders and their premature onset have been increasing.The objective of this study was to detect the prevalence of symptoms suggesting eating disorders in Brazilians adolescents. Were interviewed 1108 females and 968 males, with mean age of 15.92 years; 9.7% of them had positive results on the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT- 26). The multivariate analysis showed that the results were influenced by gender and self-conscious ness about weight (p<0.001), depressive symptoms (p=0.002) and body mass index – BMI (p=0.010). We concluded that the EAT scores presented by the female adolescents in this study were similar to those found in the international literature.