Weight misperception and substance use: Brazilian Study of Cardiovascular Risks in Adolescents (ERICA).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adolescence is a crucial period for body image formation. Weight misperception is the discrepancy between individuals' body weight perception and their actual nutritional status. Both weight concerns and substance use are common among adolescents, and there is evidence of an associations between these two variables. Thus, the aim of this study was to assess the association between weight misperception and substance use (smoking and alcohol) in a national sample of normal weight Brazilian adolescents.

Methods

Data were obtained from the Brazilian Study of Cardiovascular Risks in Adolescents (ERICA), a cross-sectional, multicenter, national, school-based survey, carried out in 124 municipalities with more than 100,000 inhabitants from Brazil. The sample included ado

SUBMITTER: da Silva SU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9531377 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature