Abstract

FAJARDO, ESPERANZA; MENDEZ, CAROLINA  and  JAUREGUI, ALFONSO. PREVALENCE OF EATING DISORDERS RISK IN A POPULATION OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, BOGOTÁ - COLOMBIA. rev.fac.med [online]. 2017, vol.25, n.1, pp.46-57. ISSN 0121-5256.  https://doi.org/10.18359/rmed.2917.

Objective: To describe the prevalence of eating disorders risk, nutritional status and food consumption in a high school population of public and private schools. Materials and Methods: The SCOFF questionnaire application, anthropometric measurements and food consumption frequency survey to 671 students from two public and two private schools in the city of Bogotá. Results: A prevalence of 30.1% risk of presenting ACT was found; of that, the risk in women is 41.3%. Regarding nutritional status, there was a greater frequency of risk in the normal classification and in public institutions with 31.3%. 7.6% of the total population were of low stature, 16% were overweight and 5.1% were underweight. Conclusions: Prevalence of eating disorders risk is higher in women, with normal nutritional status (73.7%) and in public educational institutions.

Keywords : SCOFF questionnaire; Students; Feeding behavior; Nutritional Status.

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