Relación entre la insatisfacción de la imagen corporal y conductas alimentarias de riesgo en adultos jóvenes de tres facultades de la Universidad Santo Tomás Villavicencio

Abstract

This research aims to establish the relationship between body dissatisfaction and risky eating behaviors in young adults between 18- and 26-years old belonging to three faculties of the Santo Tomás Villavicencio University. Its methodology is quantitative, non-experimental, correlational in scope and cross-sectional. The sociodemographic data questionnaire, the body shape questionnaire and the EAT-26 questionnaire, are used as instruments. The sample is non-probabilistic, at the convenience of the researcher, and is made up of 209 women between the ages of 18 and 26 belonging to the Faculty of International Business, Psychology and Law of the Universidad Santo Tomás Sectional Villavicencio. The findings show that about more than 90% of women do not present high levels of body dissatisfaction and concern about weight, but those who do are prone to registering the presence of risky eating behaviors, which leads to the possibility of developing some type of eating disorder, however, the application of the aforementioned instruments is only one of the factors to be taken into account for the diagnosis of an eating disorder or body dysmorphic disorder, which is why other aspects must be investigated. such as the in-depth clinical interview and other relevant anthropometric measures established by a medical professional.