Emotional state, state nutrition and body image

Literature exposes the relationship between body dissatisfaction and low self-esteem, depression and changes in eating behavior (Silva, 2009). Depression is strongly associated with anxiety and stress, which in turn, are directly related to changes in appetite and food preferences, reflected in the nutritional status of individuals (Gomes, 2010). To characterize the perception of body image and nutritional and emotional state of outpatients in Nutrition consultation; Know the incidence of the presentation of emotional instability in individuals with BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2. An exploratory and quantitative study in a sample of 88 individuals between 18 and 65 years, of both genders, anthropometric measurements (weight, height and BMI) performed at the time of the query, using the Tanita scale body composition analyzer TBF- 300, and stadiometer Seca model 206 still constituted methodology for evaluating the Beck Depression Inventory (Gorestein, 1998) and the graph Perception of Body Image (Stunkard, 1983). Results: 54.5% of the sample shows criterion depression, but most of sample shows a mild to moderate stage. 95.7% of respondents demonstrate dissatisfaction with body image, evidencing 93.2% strongly dissatisfied for excess. 94.3% of the sample has ≥ 25 kg BMI/m2. Individuals in excess weight or obesity also demonstrate dissatisfaction of body image and depressive symptoms, suggesting a strong positive correlation between BMI and depressive state. Thus, to validate this correlation is suggested to continue the study, enlarging the sample to obtain greater statistical significance in the interdependence of the variables studied.