Assessment ofbody image and eating attitudes in university students

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess body image and eating attitudes and their relationship with variables such as gender, body mass index or physical activity, amongst others. A total of 89 Food Science and Technology university students completed an online self-report questionnaire including the following assessment instruments: a general information questionnaire; the Silhouettes Test (ST), the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) and the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ). For the total sample, the scores of the EAT and BSQ tests were 6,43 (DT = 4,96) and 72,20 (DT = 24,11), respectively. Women obtained higher scores than men with both questionnaires, these differences were statistically significant. A greater degree of body weight dissatisfaction and a high IMC were related to higher scores with both questionnaires.