Digital influencers on self-perception and nutritional status of adolescents

• Autor(a) principal: Soares, Wellington Danilo
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Siqueira, Rafaela Ribeiro, Mendes, Daniela Ribeiro, Hott, Katia Pina Sepulveda
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista brasileira de obesidade, nutrição e emagrecimento
• Texto Completo: https://www.rbone.com.br/index.php/rbone/article/view/2223
• topic: Perception distortion; Eating Behavior; Body dissatisfaction; Teens; Social network; Distorsión de percepción; Comportamiento alimentario; Insatisfacción Corporal; Adolescentes; Red social; Distorsione della percezione; Comporamento alimentare; Insoddisfazione corporea; Adolescenti; Rete sociale; Distorção da Percepção; Comportamento Alimentar; Insatisfação Corporal; Adolescentes; Rede Social; Distorção da Percepção; Comportamento Alimentar; Insatisfação Corporal; Adolescentes; Rede Social

Introduction: Although the reconstruction of body image occurs throughout life, it is in adolescence that this issue becomes crucial, because it is a period of acceleration of evolution and bodily changes, discrepant behaviors occur that make this public susceptible to anxieties related to the physiognomy of the body. Objective: To evaluate the interference of digital influencers in the perception of body image in adolescents of social network users. Material and methods: This is a descriptive, detailed and cross-sectional study, with a sample of both 184 adolescents, both sexes, aged 10 to 19 years (16.7 ±2.0). For data collection, an online questionnaire, Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) - modified, was applied to assess the perception of body image. Results: There was a greater participation of females (66.8%), most of the group participating in the research (65.8%) presented image distortion, several questions regarding guidelines on nutritional education, the body. Regarding nutritional guidance, more than half of the researchers sought guidance from digital influencers (51.6%) followed by social networks (22.8%), a minority sought guidance from nutritionists (10.9%). Has been verified a significant statistical difference (p<0.01) between the group without distortion (M=21,2; DP=4,7) and the group with severe distortion (M=26,4; DP=3,2). Conclusion: Through this, it was possible to observe how much influencers can influence and/or how social networks influenced the search for a perfect body, causing the distortion of body image in adolescents.