Prevalence of Anorexia Nervosa: a Portuguese Population Study
1996; Wiley; Volume: 4; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1002/(sici)1099-0968(199609)4
ISSN1099-0968
AutoresIsabel do Carmo, D. Reis, P. Varandas, Dulce Bouça, Dione Padre Santo, A. Neves, Isabel André, Daniel Sampaio, A Galvão-Teles,
Tópico(s)Obesity and Health Practices
ResumoThere has been no epidemiological study done on Anorexia Nervosa (AN) in the Portuguese population of Continental Portugal. In the economical, social and cultural areas, this country is in a transitional situation. A population of 2422 girls from the Lisbon and Tagus Valley area was studied through a questionnaire that included the criteria definition of AN and other issues concerning the changing pattern of cultural image and eating behaviour. We found 0.4 per cent of AN, 12.6 per cent of subclinical illness and 7 per cent with only body image disturbance. The total population included 38 per cent that wished to be thinner, 49 per cent that felt they had a fat body part and 51.5 per cent that had a ‘horror of being heavier’. The results confirm the hypothesis that Portugal is in a transitional situation.
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