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- Title
Factors Associated With Body Image Perception Among Brazilian Students From Low Human Development Index Areas.
- Authors
de Araujo, Thábyta Silva; Barbosa Filho, Valter Cordeiro; Gubert, Fabiane do Amaral; de Almeida, Paulo César; Martins, Mariana Cavalcante; Carvalho, Queliane Gomes da Silva; Costa, Ana Cristina Pereira de Jesus; Vieira, Neiva Francenely Cunha
- Abstract
This study aimed to evaluate sociodemographic, behavioral, and individual factors associated with body image perception in a sample of adolescents from schools in low Human Development Index areas in Brazil. This cross-sectional study included 609 boys and 573 girls (aged 11–17 years). Body image perception (nine-silhouettes scale) and sociodemographic, behavioral, and individual variables were included. Multinomial logistic regression analysis was used. Most boys (76.9%) and girls (77.5%) were dissatisfied with their body image. Body mass index status and healthy body image evaluation were significantly associated with body image dissatisfaction in both boys and girls (p < .001), and daily fruit consumption was associated with body image dissatisfaction only in boys (p = .035). Education and health care focused on body image can pay special attention to young people from vulnerable areas with unhealthy nutritional status and focus on strategies that enable improving the perception of a healthy body and a healthy diet.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; BODY image; CHI-squared test; CONFIDENCE intervals; MIDDLE school students; PSYCHOLOGY of middle school students; QUESTIONNAIRES; LOGISTIC regression analysis; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; CROSS-sectional method; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ODDS ratio; ADOLESCENCE
- Publication
Journal of School Nursing, 2018, Vol 34, Issue 6, p449
- ISSN
1059-8405
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1059840517718249