AVALIAÇÃO DA PERCEPÇÃO DA AUTOIMAGEM CORPORAL, AUTOESTIMA E RISCO PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO DE TRANSTORNOS ALIMENTARES EM DISCENTES DO CURSO DE NUTRIÇÃO DO IFCE.

Introduction: Body dissatisfaction is identified as one of the main factors for the development of eating disorders. The literature points out that nutrition professionals and students are among the most affected. Objective: to evaluate the association between the perception of body self-image, self-esteem, and risks for the development of eating disorders in IFCE nutrition course students. Materials and methods: cross-sectional, descriptive, and quanti-qualitative study with nutrition students, carried out through an online form. The Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ), Stunkard's Silhouette Scale, Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale, and the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) were applied. Association tests were performed, adopting a significance level of 95% (p<0.05%). Results: sample composed of 53 students, where the means and SD± of age and BMI were 23.49 ±5.45 and 22.93 ±3.02 respectively. The prevalence was that 64% were eutrophic, 25% were overweight and 11% had grade I malnutrition; 19% were concerned about their body image by the BSQ; 87% showed body dissatisfaction on the silhouette scale; 57% had average self-esteem and 34% had risk behavior for eating disorders. There was a significant association between BSQ and EAT-26 (p=0.001). Conclusion: there was a statistical association between body image and inappropriate eating behavior. Although most students are eutrophic and with relatively good self-esteem, they also showed a high percentage of body dissatisfaction and prevalence of risk for eating disorders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]