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- Title
Factors associated with body image and food insecurity.
- Authors
Melo da Silva, Ana Paula; de Lima Vieira, Tatielle; Melo Araújo, David Bruno; Ramos, Debora Dornellas; Souto Silva, Cleyton Cézar; dos Santos, Gracielle Malheiro
- Abstract
Objective: to evaluate body self-image, food security and associated factors in residents in a territory covered by a Basic Health Unit in a municipality in the interior of Paraíba. Methods: cross-sectional, descriptive study with an intentional sample carried out in January 2020 in the municipality of Nova Floresta, Paraíba. A structured questionnaire was used with socioeconomic data, self-image, and food security. Results: there was a high prevalence of different levels of food insecurity, as well as a more negative self-image, especially among women, with a lower level of education and overweight. The association with recent weight gain and the mode of consumption at mealtimes was related to body self-image, as well as a mild level of food insecurity. Conclusion: Gender, as well as level of education, nutritional status and level of food and nutritional insecurity were related to body image.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; FOOD security; SELF-perception; CROSS-sectional method; RESEARCH methodology; WEIGHT gain; PRIMARY health care; SEX distribution; RESIDENTIAL patterns; BODY image; MEALS; EDUCATIONAL attainment; NUTRITIONAL status
- Publication
Saúde Coletiva, 2022, Vol 12, Issue 81, p11564
- ISSN
1806-3365
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.36489/saudecoletiva.2022v12i81p11556-11571