Relationship between risk of eating disorder and body composition in students, Trujillo, Peru
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https://doi.org/10.12873/Keywords:
trastorno alimentario, composición corporal, adolescenteAbstract
Introduction: Eating disorders establish severe alter
ations in the eating habits of those who suffer from them, negatively affecting their nutritional status. This problem has increased in recent decades among adolescents.
Objective: To determine the relationship between body
composition and the risks of eating disorder behavior in high school students at Educational Institution 80891 in the city of Trujillo (Peru).
Materials and Methods: A descriptive, correlational,
and cross-sectional study was conducted with 145 adoles
cents from the third, fourth, and fifth years of secondary
school. To assess the risk of eating behavior disorder (EBD), the EAT-26 questionnaire (Eating Attitudes Test – 26) was used, while anthropometric measurements were taken using the OMRON HBF-514C bioimpedance analyzer. The chisquare statistical test was employed to establish the relationship between the risk of EBD and body composition variables such as body mass index (BMI), visceral fat mass (VFM), and muscle mass. For correlations, Kendall’s Tau-b and Tau-c coefficients were used through SPSS software version 26.
Results: 47.6% of the evaluated students presented a
risk of eating behavior disorder (EBD). Muscle mass in
males and females was low at 23.4% and 25.5%, respec
tively, and the percentage VFM was above the normal value of 9%, at 11.1% in males and 9.7% in females. Only in the fourth year of secondary school was a weak, statistically significant inverse association found between EBD and BMI (p=0.022; Tau-c=-0.326), as well as between EBD and VFM (Tau-b=-0.331; p=0.019).
Conclusion: It was concluded that there is no relationship between body composition and the risk of eating behavior disorder.
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