Fatores associados à identidade em ingressantes do curso de nutrição

Abstract

Body image is a complex phenomenon, derived from physiological, psychological and social aspects, and from a diversity of notions of identity. Through the years, the body has become a symbol, and the valuation to the thin body, an essential item of modern culture. Thus, the female is more vulnerable to the internalization of these social patterns, resulting in a higher prevalence of dissatisfaction with body image. Faced with this question, the purpose of this was to identify the different elements that can lead to dissatisfaction with body image and its implications in the constitution of the identity of the university course of Nutrition, Federal University of Pampa, Campus Itaqui - RS. Evaluation instruments were the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ), to measure the concerns about body shape and self-depreciation due to physical appearance; silhouette's scale to verify the satisfaction with body image; beyond the measurement of anthropometric measurements; collection of socioeconomic and cultural data and a survey of clinical and nutritional history. The prevalence of body image distortion was 82.4%, and 70.6% of students want to be smaller in some degree and 11.8% want greater silhouette. The mean BMI measured 23.31 ± 3.54 kg / m², with 64.3% of the university classified as eutrophic, 7.1% as underweight and 28, 6% as overweight. Overweight was associated with women aged ≥ 20 years and the low weight associated with women aged < 20 years. Satisfaction with body image, investigated by the BSQ, pointed out that 20% of students had some degree of concern about body image, and 11.4% had mild dissatisfaction, 5.7% moderate and 2.9% dissatisfaction severe dissatisfaction. We conclude that the high prevalence of dissatisfaction in academic reveals the preexisting internalisation of social standards, external to the academic community, being more susceptible ones that presented nutritional status classified as overweight and aged over 20 years.