RESUMO -Objetivou-se avaliar a validade de construto e a fidedignidade das escalas de silhuetas de Kakeshita (2008) em adolescentes brasileiros. Após a condução do teste-reteste em 112 participantes com intervalo de um mês, os resultados demonstraram que as escalas foram capazes de discriminar os diferentes grupos de estado nutricional em ambos os sexos; apresentaram coeficientes de correlação entre IMC real, IMC atual e insatisfação e coeficientes de correlação intraclasse elevados, comprovando que o instrumento é apropriado para avaliar a imagem corporal nessa faixa etária. (2008) applied to Brazilian adolescents. After conducting the test-retest in 112 participants with an interval of one month, the results showed that the scales were able to discriminate the different groups of nutritional status in both sexes; showed significant correlation between current BMI, desired BMI and dissatisfaction; and coefficients of elevated intraclass correlation, indicating that the instrument is suitable for assessing body image in this age group.
The study investigated the relationship between body image dissatisfaction, nutritional status, and eating attitudes in adolescents from a small town of the interior of São Paulo State. A total of 278 adolescents (106 boys and 172 girls) aged between 15 and 18 years had completed measures of body image dissatisfaction through the Figure Rating Scale and eating attitudes by the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) and had their weight and height measured. Girls related more dissatisfaction and abnormal eating behavior than boys and, in both genders the abnormal eating attitudes tend to increase with increasing dissatisfaction. Moreover, dissatisfaction was higher between those individuals classified as overweight and obesity. These results demonstrated that body image dissatisfaction and inappropriate eating behaviors afflict boys and girls even from small cities in developing countries, highlighting the need to undertake epidemiological studies to early recognition of populations at risk of developing eating disorders.
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