A cross-sectional approach to risk factors for the development of eating disorders in university students from Biological Sciences Course, State University of Alagoas / Uma abordagem transversal dos fatores de risco para o desenvolvimento de transtornos alimentares em universitárias do curso de ciências biológicas da Universidade Estadual de Alagoas

Diversitas Journal

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Keyth Daiann Felix Palmeira¹  Maria Silene da Silva² 

[1] Graduada em Ciências Biológicas pela Universidade Estadual de Alagoas-UNEAL, e-mail: [e-mail];

[2] Universidade Estadual de Alagoas – Departamento Biologia – Campus I, email: [e-mail].;

关键词: Eating Disorder;    Anorexia;    Bulimia;   

DOI  :  10.17648/diversitas-journal-v1i2.398

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

factors, the most common being bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa. Objectives:Demonstrating that some populations are more susceptible to its development, this study aimed toinvestigate the prevalence of behavior suggestive of eating disorder between university Course ofBiological Sciences UNEAL campus I. Material and Methods: Were tested on the EAT-26 and BITE in107 female students enrolled in the 2nd, 4th and 6th periods. The average age was 22.01 years. Resultsand Discussion: The results the EAT-26 revealed that 3.74% of the university at high risk for thedevelopment of anorexia nervosa. The results of the BITE test showed that 18.69% of universitysuggestive behavior eating disorder, and 80.00% of these had unusual eating patterns, and 20.00%abnormal behavior suggestive of bulimia nervosa. Conclusion: The university had high proportion ofbehavior suggestive of eating disorder, confirming that they are vulnerable to food syndromes, showingthe need for greater attention to the health of this population.

【 授权许可】

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