SILVA, C. B. S.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4292167133660420; SILVA, Camila Beatriz Santos.
Résumé:
The construction of body image occurs through several aspects, ranging from feelings,
thoughts and even people's behaviors in relation to the structure, shape and size of their
bodies, and it is in this context that there can be major distortions in the way of looking at
themselves, occurring changes in the way we see body weight, seeing defects and unwanted
changes. The present study aims to evaluate the perception of body weight and perception in
relation to dysfunctional eating behavior of students studying nutrition at the Federal
University of Campina Grande - UFCG, Cuité campus - PB. This is a cross-sectional study,
with the target audience being students from the Nutrition course at the Federal University of
Campina Grande (UFCG), from the Education and Health Center (CES) in the municipality
of Cuité-PB. Data were collected from 146 students, 109 female, 36 male and 1 non-binary
individual. The results obtained in relation to the perception of body weight showed eutrophy
(52.7%), overweight (35.6%) and underweight (10.3%). Regarding the adoption of restrictive
diets, we have a greater part of the public that does not follow restricted diets (70.5%), but a
worrying number of students who follow this type of diet (29.5%). When asked about
concern about the appearance of their body, 3.4% worry every day, 23% frequently, 28.8%
sometimes, 35.8% rarely and 8.1% say they never think about it. The data obtained on feeling
remorse for eating foods considered unhealthy showed that students have a strong inclination
to eat disorderly, where 47.3% say they always feel remorse, 10.8% frequently, 33.1%
sometimes, 27.7% rarely and 20.9% never feel remorse. From the results found, we can see
that the fact that they are studying nutrition can influence some issues regarding food choices,
especially because they feel pressured to make good choices because they are nutrition
students and because they seek to change their body image, a fact that can lead to disordered
eating behaviors.