ArticleEinstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil)2019
Dissatisfaction about body image and associated factors: a study of young undergraduate students.
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- Sociocultural pressures and appearance ideal internalization: Their impact on body dissatisfaction in Brazilian adults.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
- Physical Activity, BMI, and Their Effects on University Students' Quality of Life.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Correlational and Network Perspectives About the Relationship Between Body Image and Personality in Brazilian Undergraduate Students.Trends in psychology · 2023Article
- Body image dissatisfaction, nutritional status and weight control strategies among university undergraduates in Lagos: a descriptive cross-sectional study.The Pan African medical journal · 2023Article
- Prevalence, patterns, and determinants of body image dissatisfaction among female undergraduate students of University of Delhi.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Article
- Analysis of Adolescent Physical Activity Levels and Their Relationship with Body Image and Nutritional Habits.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Association between body image perception with demographic characteristics of physically active individuals during COVID-19 lockdown in Saudi Arabia.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo verify the prevalence of dissatisfaction with body image and its association with socio-demographic, economic, and anthropometric variables, as well as levels of physical activity among undergraduate students.
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted with 348 undergraduate students at the dining hall of a public Brazilian university located in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Body image perception was evaluated using the Silhouette Matching Task. The other variables assessed were sex, age, marital status, housing conditions, socioeconomic class, weight, height, waist circumference and physical activity levels. Multinomial logistic regression was performed to verify the association between the dependent and independent variables.
resultsOf the interviewees, 55.7% were men. The prevalence of dissatisfaction with body image was 59.8% among men and 55.2% among women. Dissatisfaction for being overweight, between men and women, was higher in overweight individuals when compared to normal weight individuals, according to the body mass index, and also higher in those at risk for cardiovascular disease when compared to those who were not at risk. The dissatisfaction for being thin was higher among women with low weight when compared to normal weight women, according to body mass index. There was no association between dissatisfaction for being thin and the variables analyzed among men.
conclusionThe prevalence of dissatisfaction with body image was observed in more than half of the individuals evaluated and is associated with nutritional status. Knowing the consequences of dissatisfaction with body image helps highlight the need for intervention strategies to avoid the practice of unhealthy behaviors.
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