Risco de desenvolvimento de transtornos alimentares associados ao estado nutricional, idade e sexo em universitários
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2025-06-13
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Adami, Fernanda Scherer
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Vogel, Patrícia
Conde, Simara Rufatto
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Introdução: Transtornos alimentares (TAs) são distúrbios psiquiátricos graves que afetam o comportamento alimentar e a imagem corporal. Universitários têm maior risco para TAs devido a mudanças biopsicossociais, como estresse acadêmico, múltiplas responsabilidades e transição para a vida adulta, o que impacta negativamente na saúde física e mental. Objetivo: Verificar a associação entre o risco de desenvolvimento de TAs e o estado nutricional, sexo e idade em universitários. Metodologia: Estudo quantitativo, descritivo e transversal que avaliou 488 universitários de ambos os sexos, de uma universidade de um município do Rio Grande do Sul. A coleta de dados ocorreu no período de 2022 a 2024, de forma online, por meio do questionário EAT-26, que avalia o risco para TAs. Além disso, foram coletadas informações de peso, altura, idade e curso em andamento. O estado nutricional foi calculado pelo Índice de Massa Corporal (IMC), conforme os critérios estabelecidos pela Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS, 1995). O estudo foi aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa: sob números 4.911.923, 5.833.619 e 6.671.468. Resultados: Estudantes com risco de TAs apresentaram médias de peso e IMC significativamente maiores aos sem risco (p=0,014 e p=0,001), respectivamente. Não houve associação significativa com a idade (p=0,580). O sexo feminino apresentou maior frequência de risco de TAs (p=0,044). Conclusão: O risco de TAs esteve associado ao sexo feminino, à área da saúde e ao excesso de peso. Isso reforça a necessidade de ações preventivas e de acompanhamento nutricional e psicológico voltado para essa população, a fim de reduzir os fatores de risco e promover uma relação mais saudável com o corpo e a alimentação.
Introduction: Eating disorders (EDs) are serious psychiatric disorders that affect eating behavior and body image. College students are at higher risk for EDs due to biopsychosocial changes, such as academic stress, multiple responsibilities, and transition to adulthood, negatively impacting physical and mental health. Objective: Verifying the association between the risk of developing EDs and nutritional status, sex, and age in college students. Methodology: Quantitative, descriptive, and cross-sectional study that evaluated 488 college students of both sexes, from a university in a city in Rio Grande do Sul. Data collection took place from 2022 to 2024, online, through the EAT-26 questionnaire, which assesses the risk for EDs. In addition, information on weight, height, age, and current course were collected. Nutritional status was calculated by the Body Mass Index (BMI), according to the criteria established by the World Health Organization (WHO, 1995). The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee: under numbers 4,911,923, 5,833,619 and 6,671,468. Results: Students at risk of EDs had significantly higher mean weight and BMI than those without risk (p=0.014 and p=0.001), respectively. There was no significant association with age (p=0.580). Females had a higher frequency of risk of EDs (p=0.044). Conclusion: The risk of EDs was associated with females, health care professionals and excess weight. This reinforces the need for preventive actions and nutritional and psychological monitoring aimed at this population, in order to reduce risk factors and promote a healthier relationship with the body and food.
Introduction: Eating disorders (EDs) are serious psychiatric disorders that affect eating behavior and body image. College students are at higher risk for EDs due to biopsychosocial changes, such as academic stress, multiple responsibilities, and transition to adulthood, negatively impacting physical and mental health. Objective: Verifying the association between the risk of developing EDs and nutritional status, sex, and age in college students. Methodology: Quantitative, descriptive, and cross-sectional study that evaluated 488 college students of both sexes, from a university in a city in Rio Grande do Sul. Data collection took place from 2022 to 2024, online, through the EAT-26 questionnaire, which assesses the risk for EDs. In addition, information on weight, height, age, and current course were collected. Nutritional status was calculated by the Body Mass Index (BMI), according to the criteria established by the World Health Organization (WHO, 1995). The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee: under numbers 4,911,923, 5,833,619 and 6,671,468. Results: Students at risk of EDs had significantly higher mean weight and BMI than those without risk (p=0.014 and p=0.001), respectively. There was no significant association with age (p=0.580). Females had a higher frequency of risk of EDs (p=0.044). Conclusion: The risk of EDs was associated with females, health care professionals and excess weight. This reinforces the need for preventive actions and nutritional and psychological monitoring aimed at this population, in order to reduce risk factors and promote a healthier relationship with the body and food.
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Transtorno Alimentar; Comportamento alimentar; Estado nutricional; Universitários; Eating Disorder; Eating Behavior; Nutritional Status; College Students
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MORO, Ivandra Pizzatto. Risco de desenvolvimento de transtornos alimentares associados ao estado nutricional, idade e sexo em universitários. 2025. Artigo (Graduação) – Curso de Nutrição, Universidade do Vale do Taquari - Univates, Lajeado, 25 jun. 2025. Disponível em: http://hdl.handle.net/10737/4909.