Associação de estado nutricional e maturação sexual com insatisfação com a imagem corporal

Objective: To evaluate the association of nutritional status and sexual maturation with body dissatisfaction in adolescents. Methods: This is a crosssectional study carried out with adolescentes aged 10 to 14 from public schools. Weight, height, BMI for age, waist circumference, percentage of body fat,sexual maturation (Tanner's scale) and body dissatisfaction were assessed using the Scale for Assessment of Body Dissatisfaction for Adolescents (EEICA). For the statistical analysis, the SPSS version 17.0 program was used and the Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Pearson's Chi-square, Student's T or Anova tests were used, considering a significance level of 5%. Results: The sample consisted of 345 adolescents, 53.6% female. The majority (63.6% girls and 66.7% boys) are eutrophic. The mean EEICA sco ,302r for females (11.46 ± 5.90) was higher than for males (9.29 ± 4.71) (p