title: Body image in Brazil: recent advances in the state of knowledge and methodological issues.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze Brazilian literature on body image and the theoretical and methodological advances that have been made.
  
  
  METHODS
  A detailed review was undertaken of the Brazilian literature on body image, selecting published articles, dissertations and theses from the SciELO, SCOPUS, LILACS and PubMed databases and the CAPES thesis database. Google Scholar was also used. There was no start date for the search, which used the following search terms: "body image" AND "Brazil" AND "scale(s)"; "body image" AND "Brazil" AND "questionnaire(s)"; "body image" AND "Brazil" AND "instrument(s)"; "body image" limited to Brazil and "body image".
  
  
  RESULTS
  The majority of measures available were intended to be used in college students, with half of them evaluating satisfaction/dissatisfaction with the body. Females and adolescents of both sexes were the most studied population. There has been a significant increase in the number of available instruments. Nevertheless, numerous published studies have used non-validated instruments, with much confusion in the use of the appropriate terms (e.g., perception, dissatisfaction, distortion).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Much more is needed to understand body image within the Brazilian population, especially in terms of evaluating different age groups and diversifying the components/dimensions assessed. However, interest in this theme is increasing, and important steps have been taken in a short space of time.
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Fernanda
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Laus
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Idalina Shiraishi
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Kakeshita
authors.affiliation: Universidade de Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Telma Maria Braga
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Educação Física, Instituto de Ciências Humanas, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Elisa Caputo
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.affiliation: Núcleo de Educação Física e Ciências do Esporte, Centro Acadêmico de Vitória, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Vitória de Santo Antão, PE, Brasil.
authors.forename: Leonardo de Sousa
authors.initials: Lde S
authors.lastname: Fortes
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Sebastião Sousa
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Almeida
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001828:Body Image; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011594:Psychometrics; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires