Ciencia e Saude Coletiva | |
Anti-fat attitudes of Nutrition undergraduates in Brazil toward individuals with obesity | |
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Alvarenga, Marle dos Santos1  Obara, Angélica Almeida1  Takeda, Gabriela Akemi1  Ferreira-Vivolo, Sandra Roberta Gouvea1  | |
[1] Universidade de São Paulo | |
关键词: Obesity; Nutritionists; Weight prejudice; | |
DOI : 10.1590/1413-81232022272.02342021 | |
学科分类:社会科学、人文和艺术(综合) | |
来源: Associacao Brasileira de Pos - Graduacao em Saude Coletiva | |
【 摘 要 】
Obesity-related prejudice and discrimination may have a source in health professionals and students. The objective was to assess anti-fat attitudes among Brazilian nutrition undergraduates who reported demographic data, weight, height and responded the Antifat Attitudes Test (AFAT) and the Brazilian Silhouette Scales to assess body image satisfaction and perception. Total and subscales of AFAT scores were compared among categories using the Mann-Whitney U test. Associations of participants’ characteristics with the AFAT were analyzed using multiple linear regression. Total AFAT score was positively associated with male sex (ß: .13; p < .001), age (ß: .06; p < .001), educational institution outside capital (ß: .03; p < .05), private institutions (ß: .08; p < .001); and negatively associated with income (ß: -.05; p = .006), participants who perceived themselves with increased BMI (ß: -.15; p < .001) and those at the third year of course (ß: -.05; p = .041). Subscales scores were positively associated with male sex and age; and negatively associated with those who perceived themselves heavier. They have anti-fat attitudes especially if they were man, older, from private institutions, are at the beginning of the course, and have lower household income - and less weight bias if they perceived with increased BMI.
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