Petroski Edio Luiz, Pelegrini Andreia, Glaner Maria Fátima
Núcleo de Pesquisa em Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano, Centro de Desportos, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil.
Cien Saude Colet. 2012 Apr;17(4):1071-7. doi: 10.1590/s1413-81232012000400028.
To investigate the prevalence of body image (BI) dissatisfaction in adolescents. The study enrolled 641 adolescents aged 11 to 17 from the town of Saudades, Santa Catarina, Brazil. The prevalence of BI dissatisfaction was 60.4% (males = 54.5%, females = 65.7%; p < 0.05). Boys were more likely to wish to increase the size of their body silhouette (26.4%) while girls wished to reduce theirs (52.4%). Adolescents from urban areas manifested greater prevalence of BI dissatisfaction and were more likely to want to reduce their body silhouette. The reasons given by these adolescents for why they were dissatisfied with their body images were similar for both sexes (p = 0.156). When analyzed by neighborhood the urban adolescents said that their dissatisfaction was esthetic, whereas the rural adolescents said it was based on self-esteem. An association was detected between perceived BI and the reasons for dissatisfaction.
Esthetics, self-esteem and health were the most common reasons for BI dissatisfaction among these adolescents. More than half of them were dissatisfied with their body silhouettes. Therefore, there is a need for interventions by health services and professionals in this age range in order to avoid possible future problems with eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia and vigorexia).
调查青少年身体意象（BI）不满的患病率。该研究纳入了来自巴西圣卡塔琳娜州索萨德斯镇的641名11至17岁的青少年。BI不满的患病率为60.4%（男性=54.5%，女性=65.7%；p<0.05）。男孩更倾向于希望增大自己身体轮廓的尺寸（26.4%），而女孩则希望减小（52.4%）。来自城市地区的青少年BI不满的患病率更高，且更倾向于想要减小自己的身体轮廓。这些青少年给出的对自己身体意象不满意的原因在男女中相似（p=0.156）。按社区分析时，城市青少年表示他们的不满是出于审美，而农村青少年表示是基于自尊。在感知到的BI与不满原因之间检测到一种关联。
审美、自尊和健康是这些青少年BI不满最常见的原因。超过一半的青少年对自己的身体轮廓不满意。因此，这个年龄段的卫生服务机构和专业人员有必要进行干预，以避免未来可能出现的饮食失调（厌食症、贪食症和健身过度症）问题。
