title: Perception of body image of adolescents and of their parents in relation to the nutritional status and blood pressure.
abstract: The perception of body image of adolescents is an instrument for nutritional assessment to health conditions.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To verify the body image perception of adolescents and their parents in relation to nutritional status and blood pressure levels.
  
  
  METHODS
  Population-based study, and cross-sectional model, conducted with parents and adolescents aged 10-19 years old, in rural and urban zones in public schools. There was applied the Scale silhouettes for parents about the perception of the described body image and a question about the concern of the nutritional status of their children. There were verified the blood pressure, weight, height and waist circumference, the BMI (kg/m²) calculation of the adolescents, and the self-perceived body image. The data was expressed as average ± standard deviation and percentages.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The sample consisted of 914 adolescents with a mean age of 13.12 ± 2.17 years, 56.8% female and 68.9% were eutrophic. As for blood pressure levels, 17.6% were classified in pre-hypertensive, 18.8% in stage 1 hypertension and 6% in stage 2. About the self-perception, 68% considered themselves being eutrophic and 64.75% of the parents classified their children as eutrophic. There was observed a direct and significant correlation among the body mass index, waist circumference, weight, systemic and diastolic blood pressure with the self-perception of the adolescents and the body image perceptions of the parents (p<0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The nutritional status was significantly correlated with blood pressure, waist circumference and body image perceptions of the adolescents and their respective parents.
authors: Faculdade de Nutrição, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Centro Universitário UNIVATES. Universitário. Lajeado, Rio Grande do Sul.. raksv@hotmail.com.
authors: Raquel
authors: R
authors: Silveira Vieira
authors: Faculdade de Nutrição, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Centro Universitário UNIVATES. Universitário. Lajeado, Rio Grande do Sul. Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Departamento de Nutrição (UFCSPA) e Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Centro Universitário UNIVATES. Universitário. Lajeado, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil.. simonebosco@gmail.com.
authors: Simone Morelo
authors: SM
authors: Dal Bosco
authors: Faculdade de Nutrição, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Centro Universitário UNIVATES. Universitário. Lajeado, Rio Grande do Sul.. mgrave@univates.br.
authors: Magali Trezinha Quevedo
authors: MT
authors: Grave
authors: Faculdade de Nutrição, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Centro Universitário UNIVATES. Universitário. Lajeado, Rio Grande do Sul.. fernandascherer@univates.br.
authors: Fernanda Scherer
authors: FS
authors: Adami
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D001828:Body Image; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009752:Nutritional Status; D010290:Parents; D012649:Self Concept; D013334:Students; D055105:Waist Circumference; D055815:Young Adult