Nutritional status, body image, and their association with extreme weight control behaviors among Brazilian adolescents, National Adolescent Student Health Survey 2015

Conclusion: Body image perception seems to have a greater influence on extreme behaviors than nutritional status. Strategies involving health services and schools have gr eat potential to impact the self-esteem and health of students positively.
Source: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia - Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research