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Revista Cubana de Salud Pública
versión On-line ISSN 1561-3127
Resumen
MACIAS MARTINEZ, Adriana Ivette; CAMACHO RUIZ, Esteban Jaime y ESCOTO PONCE DE LEON, María del Consuelo. Evaluation of a nutritional program for the prevention of eating disorders in junior high school students. Rev Cubana Salud Pública [online]. 2021, vol.47, n.4 Epub 10-Feb-2022. ISSN 1561-3127.
Introduction:
Beauty patterns established by society and disseminated by the media have caused that adolescents present eating disorders; therefore, prevention strategies are developed to counteract this problem.
Objective:
Evaluate the effect of a universal prevention program of eating disorders in students from a junior high school in the State of Mexico.
Methods:
Quantitative longitudinal study. The sample consisted of five intervention groups (n = 183) and a control group (n = 38), to which the dietary attitudes test (EAT-23) was applied. The test was applied before and after the intervention of a nutritional program. Student's t-test was used for samples related to pre-testing and post-testing of the intervention group.
Results:
Statistically significant differences were observed in the subscale of eating patterns and styles (t = 1.94, p = 0.05) and in the questions ¨I like to eat with other people¨ and I feel that food controls my life¨, positive changes were seen in both questions.
Conclusions:
Interactive programs generate greater results than those based on the transmission of knowledge, hence specific programs must be developed for media literacy and thus generate a critical attitude towards the pressure exerted by advertising and fashion.
Palabras clave : Interactive program; media literacy; universal prevention; eating disorders; cognitive dissonance; nutritional program.