[Risk factors associated with eating disorders in Mexican preadolescents with normal weight].
This study aimed to identify the differences in body self-esteem, general self-esteem and eating attitudes in a representative sample of children, aged 9-12 years, attending school in México DF. The logistic regression model incorporated the variables of sex, general self-esteem, BMI, age and discrepancy between the perceived image and the ideal image. Participants with an increased risk of eating disorders were girls: a) with less general self-esteem; b) BMI at the upper range of normal weight; c) greater negative discrepancy between perceived and ideal image; d) aged 11-12 years. Higher general self-esteem would act as a protector for eating disorders, while the desire for a thinner ideal body would be a risk factor.
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico. trujano@servidor.unam.mx
Patricia
P
Trujano Ruiz
Manuel
M
de Gracia Blanco
Carlos
C
Nava Quiróz
María
M
Marcó Arbonès
Gilberto
G
Limón Arce
D001240:Aspirations, Psychological; D001828:Body Image; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D019959:Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D002666:Psychology, Child; D012307:Risk Factors; D012649:Self Concept; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires