Social determinants of disordered eating behaviors in Brazilian adolescents

• Autor(a) principal: Vale, Diôgo
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Dantas, Rebekka Fernandes, Amorim, Ginetta Kelly Dantas, Lyra, Clélia de Oliveira, Oliveira, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli da Costa
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Debates em Psiquiatria (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistardp.org.br/revista/article/view/210
• topic: comportamento alimentar; adolescente; transtornos alimentares; determinantes sociais em saúde; eating behavior; eating disorders; adolescent; social determinants of health; comportamiento alimentario; trastornos de la alimentación; adolescente; determinantes sociales en salud

Introduction: The increasing occurrence of eating disorders among adolescents requires the identification of disordered eating behaviors (DEB) and social determinants related to these health problems. Objective: This study aimed to assess the prevalence of DEB among Brazilian school-age children and their associations with social determinants of health. Method: 16,556 adolescents from the 2015 PeNSE (a Brazilian National School-based Student Health Survey) were evaluated. Poisson regressions estimated multivariate models related to inadequate compensatory methods for weight control (laxatives/purgatives or medications/products). Results: DEB prevalence for weight loss in the group was 11.3% (95% CI: 10.6-12.0%) with associated factors of being male, non-white color/race, being 14 years old or younger, overweight, body image dissatisfaction, frequent consumption of fast food, working, not having regular meals with guardians, having mothers with lower education levels, households with five or more residents, experience of hunger at household, and studying in public schools. Conclusions: These DEB for weight loss were more prevalent among adolescents with greater body dissatisfaction and living in situations of higher social vulnerability.