Transtornos alimentares em mulheres

Maria Angélica Antunes Nunes; Jose Carlos Borges Appolinario

doi:10.25118/issn.2965-1832.2016.847

Authors

Maria Angélica Antunes Nunes Mestrado em Epidemiologia pela Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Jose Carlos Borges Appolinario coordenador do Grupo de Obesidade e Transtornos Alimentares do IPUB/UFRJ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6089-4400

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25118/issn.2965-1832.2016.847

Keywords:

changes in eating behavior, eating disorders, binge eating, eating disorders in women, women's health

Abstract

Eating disorders (ED) are psychiatric disorders characterized by changes in eating behavior that lead to the development of physical and psychological problems, as well as emotional and social stress. The most common conditions are anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, in addition to unspecified eating disorders and binge eating disorder. Both bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa are more common in women than in men, with less than 10 percent of cases occurring in men. They are also more frequent in adolescents and young women.