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Literature exposes the relationship between body
dissatisfaction and low self-esteem, depression and changes in
eating behavior (Silva, 2009). Depression is strongly associated with
anxiety and stress, which in turn, are directly related to changes in
appetite and food preferences, reflected in the nutritional status
of individuals (Gomes, 2010).
To characterize the perception of body image and
nutritional and emotional state of outpatients in Nutrition
consultation; Know the incidence of the presentation of emotional
instability in individuals with BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2.
An exploratory and quantitative study in a sample
of 88 individuals between 18 and 65 years, of both genders,
anthropometric measurements (weight, height and BMI) performed
at the time of the query, using the Tanita scale body composition
analyzer TBF- 300, and stadiometer Seca model 206 still
constituted methodology for evaluating the Beck Depression
Inventory (Gorestein, 1998) and the graph Perception of Body Image
(Stunkard, 1983).
Results: 54.5% of the sample shows criterion depression, but most
of sample shows a mild to moderate stage. 95.7% of respondents
demonstrate dissatisfaction with body image, evidencing 93.2% strongly
dissatisfied for excess. 94.3% of the sample has ≥ 25 kg BMI/m2.
Individuals in excess weight or obesity also demonstrate
dissatisfaction of body image and depressive symptoms, suggesting
a strong positive correlation between BMI and depressive state.
Thus, to validate this correlation is suggested to continue the study,
enlarging the sample to obtain greater statistical significance in the
interdependence of the variables studied.
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Keywords
Body image Emotional state State nutrition
Citation
Veiga-Branco, Augusta; Pereira, Filomena; Tavares, Mariline; Mendes, Paulo (2014). Emotional state, state nutrition and body image. Atención Primaria. ISSN 0212-6567. 46 (Espec Cong 1), p. 44-44