ATTITUDE ON HEALTHY DIETS AND BODY IMAGE DISSATISFACTION ON MEXICAN ADOLESCENTS, HELENA-MEX

Background: The eating behavior acquired in adolescence cand condition future health in European adolescents. However, the attitudes towards a healthy diet, the degree of body dissatisfaction and its association with body composition have been little explored in Mexican adolescents. Objective: Thus, we propose to determine relationships between body dissatisfaction (BD) and attitude towards healthy eating (HE) with body composition (BC): percentage of fat (PBF), percentage of skeletal muscle mass (PSMM), waist, thigh, and hip circumferences, in Mexican adolescents. Methods: 468 participants (55.5% female) between 13 and 17 years old (15.23±0.06) were randomly selected from four different high and four secondary schools in the state of Jalisco. BD and HE were evaluated using EWI-C questionnaire. PBF and skeletal muscle mass were measured by bioimpedance (Inbody 120), and circumferences with an anthropometric tape (Lufkin). To analyze whether BD and HE were higher in girls than in boys, U of Mann-Whitney test were performed. To determine the linear relationships between BD and HE with BC, Pearson´s correlations were made. KruskallWallis tests were performed to analyze whether there were differences between the subjects' BD regarding each of the dependent variables considered. Results: Girls reported a higher BD than boys (Z=2.41, p