Avaliação de comportamentos alimentares disfuncionais em estudantes do Curso de Nutrição – estudo piloto.

Abstract

Eating disorders are increasingly affecting nutritionists and nutrition students. Both nutritionists and nutrition academics have extensive knowledge about healthy eating, however they are not accepted as individuals subject to dietary changes and dysfunctional eating behaviors. The objective of the present study is to evaluate the eating behavior of students of the nutrition course from the point of view of dysfunctional eating. This is an exploratory and cross-sectional study, with a quantitative and qualitative character. Students enrolled in Nutrition courses from five institutions that offer graduation in Paraíba were invited to participate in the research. A questionnaire was applied which was made available through the Google form application. The results are expressed from the participation of 49 academics who provide data on the sociodemographic profile of nutrition students studying in Paraíba, the reasons why they chose the course and demonstrate practices related to eating behavior in relation to food. It was noticed that the fact that you are studying for a degree in Nutrition influences some issues related to attitudes of food choice caused by body dissatisfaction, food preoccupation and food planning focused on body image, signs that can cause disturbed behaviors towards food and that may result in the development of eating disorders.