Journal of Nutrition & Food Sciences
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Faculty of Medicine, Autonomous University of Yucatan, Yucatán, Mexico

Biography

María Luisa Ávila-Escalante currently works at the Area of Human Nutrition, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán. María does research in Biological Anthropology, Nutrition and Dietetics and Anatomy and Statistics

Publications

• Research Article   
  Perception of Body Image in Maya Adolescents and its Relationship with Body Dissatisfaction and Nutritional Status
  Author(s): Reyna María Cruz-Bojórquez, Fibi Yenisie Coop-Gamas, Sergio Cárdenas-García and María Luisa Ávila-Escalante*
  
  Body image is formed in childhood and adolescence and is influenced by socio-cultural situations and interpersonal relationships during life. When the characteristics of a subject's body do not correspond with the social models of beauty promoted by the media, body dissatisfaction (BD) appears, which is the set of negative emotions, thoughts, and attitudes towards the size and shape of one’s body. The objective of the present study is to know the body image perception (BIP) of Mayan adolescents and their relationship with body dissatisfaction and its nutritional status through the Body Mass Index (BMI) indicator. The population was of 292 students of the three grades of four secondary schools of the Municipality of Abalá, Yucatán, between the ages of 12 and 17, from which 50.7% were men. The Body Image Perception analysis, the Body Shape Questionnaire.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2155-9600.19.9.1000756

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