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Body shape concerns in Portuguese university students

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Summary:Abstract Many current models of beauty in developed countries represent extreme thinness in women and a muscular body in men. The body image perception will condition the search for ideal beauty through different behaviors and can be transformed into eating disorders. The university students, with the changes typical of youth and university transition, are a vulnerable group. The purpose of this analysis was to evaluate the concerns about body shape in university students from the Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias. The study included 163 students, of whom 100 were women, with a mean age of 21.71 (SD=3.80) years. 81% of men presented no body shape concerns, 17.50% showed mild, 1.60% moderate and 0% intense reoccupation. In comparison, 59% of women presented no level of body shape concerns, 27% showed a mild, 10% moderate, and 4% intense body shape preoccupation. The odds ratio of presenting concerns about body shape were significantly related to being of female gender. There were more cases of preoccupation about body shape in women, regardless of age, academic course, or adherence to the Mediterranean diet.
Main Authors:Ferreira-Pêgo, Cíntia
Other Authors:Rodrigues, Joana; Sousa, Bruno
Subject:body shape body shape concerns body shape perception university students Portuguese students Madeira Island Portugal Região Autónoma da Madeira forma física preocupação com forma física perceção da imagem corporal estudantes universitários estudantes portugueses
Year:2019
Country:Portugal
Document type:article
Access type:open access
Associated institution:Serviço de Saúde da Região Autónoma da Madeira, E.P.E.
Language:English
Origin:Serviço de Saúde da Região Autónoma da Madeira, E.P.E.

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