ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2018
Disordered eating behaviors and energy and nutrient intake in a regional sample of Brazilian adolescents from public schools.
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- Association between selected individual and environmental characteristics in relation to health behavior of Brazilian adolescents.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2021Article
- Disordered eating behaviours and attitudes among adolescents in a middle-income country.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2020Article
- Body composition parameters can better predict body size dissatisfaction than body mass index in children and adolescents.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2020Article
- Patterns of Dietary Iron Intake, Iron Status, and Predictors of Haemoglobin Levels among Early Adolescents in a Rural Ghanaian District.Journal of nutrition and metabolism · 2020Article
- Cross-cultural adaptation and translation into Brazilian Portuguese of the instruments Sick Control One Stone Fat Food Questionnaire (SCOFF), Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) and Clinical Impairment Assessment Questionnaire (CIA).Trends in psychiatry and psychotherapyArticle
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purposeTo estimate the prevalence of disordered eating behaviors and the association with energy and nutrient intake and nutritional status in adolescents.
methodsA school-based cross-sectional study was performed involving a probabilistic sample of 487 teenagers (aged 15-19 years) from public schools in the Metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Eating Attitude Test and the Bulimic Investigatory Test Edinburgh questionnaires were applied to identify abnormal eating patterns and unusual dietary patterns, respectively. Nutritional status was defined by sex- and age-specific body mass index cutoffs. Energy and nutrient intake were assessed by a 3-day food record. The association between variables was assessed by the prevalence ratio and 95% confidence intervals, Pearson's Chi-square test, and linear regression.
resultsThe prevalence of abnormal eating patterns was 7.4% and that of unusual dietary patterns was 18.9%. Vitamin C intake was higher among girls with abnormal dietary patterns, with a consequent lower frequency of vitamin C deficiency when compared to those with normal dietary patterns. Calcium intake was lower in boys with unusual dietary pattern than in those without this behavior. Excess weight was associated with the presence of unusual dietary pattern in girls (PR: 2.4, 95% CI 1.6-3.5).
conclusionsThe prevalence of disordered eating behaviors was high, mainly in those who were overweight. It was associated with lower calcium intake in boys and with higher Vitamin C intake in girls. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level V, descriptive studies.
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