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0522/2018 - Body image dissatisfaction and associated factors in adolescents.
Insatisfação com a imagem corporal e fatores associados em adolescentes.

Author:

• Giulia Xavier de Carvalho - Carvalho, GX - <giuliaxc.1@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7002-4479

Co-author(s):

• Ana Paula Nogueira Nunes - Nunes, A.P.N - <anapaula.nunes@ufvjm.edu.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-6990
• Claudia Leite Moraes - Moraes, C.L - <clmoraes.uerj@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3223-1634
• Gloria Valeria da Veiga - Veiga, G.V - <gveiga@nutricao.ufrj.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7985-0213


Abstract:

The objective of the study was to examine the associated factors with body image dissatisfaction in adolescents. Cross-sectional study with studentstwo public and four private schools in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro. Body image dissatisfaction was evaluated using the Scale Silhouettes, by the difference between the image they perceive as their current image and the one they would like to have. The associations were assessed by hierarchical logistic regression multinomial model. Among 1019 adolescents evaluated, 75% showed dissatisfaction with body image. The girls, overweight adolescents, those who had unsatisfactory pattern of meal and those with higher waist circumference presented higher chance to desire a smaller silhouette. Adolescents that had been exposure to teasing due to theirs bodyshape presented higher chance to desire both smaller and larger silhouettes. Strategies are needed for a more positive perception of body image, especially for girls and for overweight adolescents. It is also important to focus on adequate consumption of meals and to prevent exposure to peer provocations, valuing coexistence and well-being respecting the corporal differences.

Keywords:

body image, adolescents, overweight.

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Carvalho, GX, Nunes, A.P.N, Moraes, C.L, Veiga, G.V. Body image dissatisfaction and associated factors in adolescents.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2018/Dec). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/body-image-dissatisfaction-and-associated-factors-in-adolescents/17055



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