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In the United States, eating disorders affect approximately 20 million women annually (National Institutes of Health, 2011). With such a high prevalence, ensuring help-seeking in individuals with eating disorders is critical. A previously-supported eating disorder prevention approach includes cognitive dissonance intervention (CDI). CDI’s purpose is to change a person’s behavior to reflect their attitude or cognition. While true self intervention has not been with previously been applied to eating disorders, it has been efficacious in improving psychological risk factors associated with eating disorder risk. The current study combined true self and CDI to test a more holistic prevention tool (i.e. combining psychological and cognitive approaches to prevention). Specifically, the current study compared the combination prevention to true self intervention only, CDI only, and a control condition to examine outcomes of body satisfaction, eating disorder pathology, psychological outcomes, and help-seeking intentions. Overall, evidence did not support the preventions’ combined prevention superiority to control within the entire sample. When exploring individuals at risk of an eating disorder, however, CDI was significantly better than true self in reducing binge episodes and self-esteem. Furthermore, the combination prevention was significantly better than true self at increasing self-esteem. The following results warrant more research exploring other potential preventions to increase positive psychological outcomes. Moreover, future research should explore more options for increasing help-seeking intentions.

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Esta investigación busca determinar la asociación entre el riesgo de trastornos de la conducta alimentaria (TCA) y el comportamiento alimentario en estudiantes de nutrición y dietética de una universidad privada de Lima. A 264 estudiantes se les aplicó una encuesta sobre sus datos personales y los cuestionarios EAT-26 y TFEQ-r21. Se utilizaron la prueba de Chi cuadrado para para analizar la asociación entre las variables categóricas y la prueba de t de student para variables numéricas. Del total de estudiantes incluidos en el estudio, el 18,2% presentó riesgo de padecer TCA. El mayor riesgo fue encontrado en estudiantes de segundo año de la carrera y el menor riesgo en los de último año (p=0,048). De las 3 subescalas del cuestionario TFEQ-r21, “restricción cognitiva” fue la subescala con las puntuaciones más altas, indicando alto riesgo a tener comportamiento alimentario inadecuado en estudiantes de ambos sexos con un promedio de 2,93(DE:0,45; p<0,001). Se encontraron asociaciones positivas entre el riesgo de padecer TCA con el peso corporal (p=0,027), el autorreporte de residencia en mujeres (no vivir con familia) (p=0,013) y con la no omisión de comidas en hombres (p=0,010). En conclusión, se encontró alta prevalencia de riesgo de padecer TCA, sobretodo en los estudiantes de segundo año académico y de sexo femenino en la carrera de nutrición y dietética. Además, se encontró una alta tendencia a la restricción cognitiva en los estudiantes de la carrera. Debe haber mayor conciencia y preocupación por prevenir, detectar y abordar los TCA en los estudiantes de nutrición, puesto que los TCA no sólo pueden afectar su salud física y mental, sino también su criterio profesional a futuro. / The aim of this research is to determine the association between eating disorder risk and disordered eating behaviour in students of the career of nutrition and dietetics of a private university in Lima. A survey of personal information and two questionnaires: EAT-26 and TFEQ-r21 were applied to 264 students. The Chi-square test was used to analyze the association between categorical variables and the Student’s t-test for numerical variables. Of the total of students included in the study, 18,2% presented a risk of suffering from eating disorders; the highest risk was found in second-year students of the degree and the lowest risk in seniors (p=0,048). Of the 3 subscales of the TFEQ-r21 questionnaire, “cognitive restriction” was the subscale with the highest score in students of both sexes with a mean of 2,93 and a SD of 0,45 (p<0,001) indicating a high risk of disordered eating behaviours. Positive associations were found between risk of eating disorders and body weight (p=0,027), self-report of residence (p=0,013) in women (living without family) and with the non-omission of meals in men (p=0,010). In conclusion, high tendency to cognitive restriction and high prevalence of risk of suffering from eating disorders was found in nutrition students, especially those in the second year of studies and in women. Greater awareness and concern to prevent, detect and address eating disorders in nutrition students is needed, since eating disorders can not only affect physical and mental health, but also professional judgment of the students in the future. / Tesis