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CRUZ BOJORQUEZ, Reyna María; AVILA ESCALANTE, María Luisa; VELAZQUEZ LOPEZ, Héctor Julián  e  ESTRELLA CASTILLO, Damaris Francis. Evaluation of risk factors for eating disorders in students of nutrition. Rev. Mex. de trastor. aliment [online]. 2013, vol.4, n.1, pp.37-44. ISSN 2007-1523.

The media, the social environment and personal factors play an important role as risk factors for eating disorders. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between sociocultural influences body shape model with cognitions that are characteristic of eating disorders in undergraduate nutrition. Participated 112 students (88 women and 24 men) undergraduate students in nutrition. 15.9% of women and 20.8% of the men had body dissatisfaction. Men showed significantly greater pathological distress advertising influence and perfectionism than women. Both men and women shows a significant correlation between the internalization of a thin body and body dissatisfaction. Almost half of the participants (48%) had an internalization body thin model. Significant correlations were found between the internalization of a thin aesthetic model and body dissatisfaction, which indicates that this dissatisfaction is mediated by those standards from the media.

Palavras-chave : Eating disorders; media; body image.