Mídias sociais como fator de predisposição para transtornos alimentares: revisão integrativa

Abstract

Social networks are abruptly changing the way people communicate, and there are influences of the capitalist model along with the imposition of marketing on people's lives, especially when it comes to body image. In this, the association between social pressure, body dissatisfaction, and obsession for a slim body makes people have the risk of developing eating disorders. The aim of the study was to analyze whether social media are factors in predisposition to eating disorders. The methodology was a systematic review, with the following databases: Scielo, PubMed, Plos One and Google Scholar and the logical operator "and" and articles in Portuguese and English and dated between 2014 and 2021. In the results, it was observed that there are individuals who are constantly seeking to make changes in their appearance, being interconnected to restrictive diets, use of social media and influence of people who have bodies with the visual desired by the public. It is concluded that social media are predisposing factors for eating disorders, since their chain interconnected to external factors such as culture, socioeconomic levels, and technology are added to a degree of emotional and psychological insecurity that is left due to the consequences of today's society.