Dumith Samuel de Carvalho, Menezes Ana Maria Baptista, Bielemann Renata Moraes, Petresco Sandra, da Silva Inácio Crochemore Mohnsan, Linhares Rogério da Silva, Amorim Tales Costa, Duarte Daniel Vanti, Araújo Cora Luíza Pavin, dos Santos Janaína Vieira
Departamento de Medicina Social, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Rua Marechal Deodoro 1160/3º piso, Centro, 96020-220 Pelotas RS.
Cien Saude Colet. 2012 Sep;17(9):2499-505. doi: 10.1590/s1413-81232012000900030.
The scope of this study was to evaluate body dissatisfaction among adolescents, and to explore differences according to sex, socioeconomic status and body mass index. 4325 individuals aged 14-15 years old from Pelotas, Brazil, were studied. Body dissatisfaction was evaluated comparing the desired image with the perceived image, according to the Tiggemann & Wilson-Barret silhouette scale. The nutritional status was categorized in accordance with World Health Organization criteria, whereas socioeconomic status was evaluated using classifications of the Brazilian Association of Research Institutes. It was found that 27.6% of teens were overweight. Body dissatisfaction, appraised by the silhouette scale, affected 51% of boys and 65.6% of girls. The economic and nutritional status was associated with the outcome. Most overweight adolescents wished to have a slimmer silhouette than the perceived one. The economic level modified the effect of nutritional status on body dissatisfaction. Adolescents from the wealthier economic classes who were not in the ideal weight range manifested greater body dissatisfaction than the less affluent individuals and, irrespective of economic status, girls are more dissatisfied with excess body weight and boys with slimness.
本研究的范围是评估青少年的身体不满状况，并探讨根据性别、社会经济地位和体重指数的差异。对来自巴西佩洛塔斯的4325名14至15岁的个体进行了研究。根据蒂格曼和威尔逊 - 巴雷特轮廓量表，通过比较期望形象与感知形象来评估身体不满。营养状况根据世界卫生组织标准进行分类，而社会经济地位则使用巴西研究机构协会的分类进行评估。研究发现，27.6%的青少年超重。通过轮廓量表评估的身体不满影响了51%的男孩和65.6%的女孩。经济和营养状况与结果相关。大多数超重青少年希望拥有比感知形象更苗条的身材。经济水平改变了营养状况对身体不满的影响。来自较富裕经济阶层且体重不在理想范围内的青少年比不太富裕的个体表现出更大的身体不满，并且无论经济状况如何，女孩对超重更不满意，男孩对身材苗条更不满意。
