PMID- 18395931
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20081009
LR  - 20151119
IS  - 0195-6663 (Print)
IS  - 0195-6663 (Linking)
VI  - 51
IP  - 2
DP  - 2008 Sep
TI  - Eating disorder risk behavior in Brazilian adolescents from low socio-economic 
      level.
PG  - 249-55
LID - 10.1016/j.appet.2008.02.015 [doi]
AB  - We investigated the prevalence, by gender, age and nutritional status, of eating 
      disorder (ED) risk behavior, using a simplified self-report questionnaire in a 
      probabilistic sample of 561, 12-19-year-old students from public schools in the 
      metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Sex- and age-specific body mass 
      index cut-offs were used to assess nutritional status. The prevalence of 
      overweight/obesity was 16.2% and of being underweight was 2.5%; 37.3% of the 
      adolescents studied presented symptoms of binge eating (BE) and 24.7% would go on 
      a strict diet at least once a week, both cases more frequent in females (40.8% 
      vs. 25.3%; 31.2% vs. 10.5%, respectively). Older students were shown to be more 
      susceptible to binge eating and younger students more susceptible to strict 
      dieting. Overweight adolescents were shown to be more susceptible to strict 
      dieting than normal-weight adolescents, regardless of sex and age. The prevalence 
      of binge eating and strict dieting was high in low-income Brazilian adolescents 
      and females are at greater risk of developing eating disorders than males. The 
      greater prevalence of strict dieting in younger students shows they are at 
      nutritional risk.
FAU - de Souza Ferreira, Julia Elba
AU  - de Souza Ferreira JE
AD  - Department of Nutrition, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Av. Brigadeiro 
      Trompowisky, s/n, Ilha do Fundao, CCS, Bloco J 2 andar, Ilha do Fundao, Rio de 
      Janeiro, RJ CEP 21.941-590, Brazil. jesferreira@globo.com <jesferreira@globo.com>
FAU - da Veiga, Gloria Valeria
AU  - da Veiga GV
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20080223
PL  - England
TA  - Appetite
JT  - Appetite
JID - 8006808
RN  - 0 (Laxatives)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - *Adolescent Behavior
MH  - Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
MH  - Adult
MH  - Body Image
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Brazil/epidemiology
MH  - Bulimia/*epidemiology/etiology/psychology
MH  - Child
MH  - Diet, Reducing
MH  - Feeding and Eating Disorders/*epidemiology/etiology/psychology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Laxatives/administration & dosage
MH  - Male
MH  - Nutritional Status
MH  - Obesity/epidemiology/etiology/psychology
MH  - Overweight/*epidemiology/etiology/psychology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - *Risk-Taking
MH  - Self Concept
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - Socioeconomic Factors
MH  - Students/psychology
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Thinness/epidemiology/etiology/psychology
EDAT- 2008/04/09 09:00
MHDA- 2008/10/10 09:00
CRDT- 2008/04/09 09:00
PHST- 2007/08/21 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2007/11/22 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2008/02/18 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2008/04/09 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/10/10 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/04/09 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0195-6663(08)00093-7 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.appet.2008.02.015 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Appetite. 2008 Sep;51(2):249-55. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2008.02.015. Epub 2008 Feb 
      23.