Relação entre a graduação na área da saúde e o comportamento alimentar, imagem corporal e risco de transtornos alimentares em universitários

Abstract

Knowledge is of paramount importance in changing habits, not necessarily causing the change itself. Studies indicate that a large portion of university students in the health area have some behavior change in relation to eating, whether they are eating disorders, altered eating behaviors or body dissatisfaction. Therefore, this work aims to analyze existing studies on the subject, in order to define which factors influence the relationship between body image dissatisfaction among university students and the increased risk of developing eating disorders. ssessing inclusion criteria, articles from 2016 to 2021, in Portuguese and English, articles that contribute to answering questions regarding altered eating behaviors, body image dissatisfaction, risk of developing eating disorders in students in the area of health and the relationship of these with graduation, type of methodology used in the research and original articles and excluding articles from years prior to 2016, review articles and articles that escaped from the research theme, six articles were selected in line with the purpose of the study. It was observed that there is a relationship between dissatisfaction with the body image of university students and an increase in the risk of developing eating disorders, but it is not clear whether graduation is directly linked to these changes or whether they were already preexisting, or which course of study. area has the highest rates.