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Learning Objective 1: to know the prevalence of eating disorders on European country
Learning Objective 2: to know some strategies to preventing eating disorders used on European country
Goals: a) to evaluate the prevalence (frequency) of eating disorders in a non-clinic population of students; b) to characterize the socio-demographic and family of students c) to determine the relationship between eating symptomatology and associated factors; d) to determine the relationship between eating symptomatology and family-based aspects;
Methodology: In order to achieve the objectives, we conducted a non-experimental, cross-sectional and correlational. The sample consisted of 960 students of the 3rd cycle and secondary education in central Portugal. There were administered an anonymous questionnaire consisting of socio-demographic data, anthropometric and clinical trials, the Eating Disorder Inventory 1(EDI1)
Results: According to the criteria in the DSM-IV-TR did not find any case of Bulimia Nervosa in both sexes. In the case of the girls we found 3.4% of partial situations of restrictive anorexia probable cases and 6.3% cases of bulimia. In the case of the boys we found 1.1% of sub-clinical situations of anorexia and 3.5% of bulimia
Were also observed, correlations between the symptoms associated with eating disorders (EDI) according to sex, age, BMI and family type.
conclusions: Educating about healthy eating and body image is also an important primary prevention task. Health classes in school should teach adolescents about different body types, nutrition, the importance of exercise, recognizing hunger and the dangers of dieting