ANDRADE, T. M. B.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0928160383793894; ANDRADE, Tamyres Morgana Barboza de.
Abstract:
The Night Eating Syndrome (NES) is an Eating Disorder (ED) marked by circadian system desynchronization which presents as main characteristics: morning anorexia, afternoon or night hyperphagia and insomnia. Owing that there is an association between this ED and weight excess, it becomes important the investigation of night feeding habits and its correlation with obesity. The present study had as objective to characterize the NES prevalence in female students of elementary school enrolled in private network of teaching from the city of Cuité-PB. The research was performed with 69 students, with age group ranging from 10 to 18 years. The methodology consisted in the application of self-administered questionnaire, using the Night Eating Questionnaire, translated and adapted to a brazilian version by Harb, Caumo and Hidalgo (2008). The questionnaire is composed by 14 questions and each question presents five possibilities of answer (0-4). To evaluate the association between age and weight in the occurrence of NES, it was be utilized the body mass index according with the parameters suggested by World Health Organization. For statistical analysis, the questionnaires were numbered, following, the data transposed to a digital platform utilizing the resources of Microsoft® Access 2010 software. After the data typing, the database was transferred for Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software for windows version 22.0 for statistical data analysis. In face of this, the NES was observed in 1,4% of the interviewed student, and 5,8% presented risk for development of the syndrome. The nutritional status analysis showed that 37,7% of the sample presented overweight, however, the data do not show significative association between NES, overweight and age. Due to the limitations faced in this study, it becomes relevant the necessity of new investigations to evaluate the existence of the relation between NES and obesity in order to occur an effective intervention, aiming an early diagnosis and adequate treatment of this eating disorder.