Publicación:

Representaciones cognitivas y anorexia; lo que pensamos del cuerpo.

Resumen

This research was conducted to describe and categorize most common on the body that can become risk factors for the onset of anorexia in teenage girls between 14 and 17 years of General Rafael Reyes College of the City of Pereira cognitive representations. Now it became very important to investigate this issue because it is said that in Colombia, where 12% of the population can not meet their needs for food, it is estimated that at least 2 of every 100 teenagers, who are able to eat well suffer from anorexia or bulimia, moreover according to a recent study by the University of Antioquia and the Universidad Nacional de Colombia (2007), while the most vulnerable population suffering or starving, over 80,000 young people between 14 and 19 years suffering from anorexia or bulimia, according to the latest National Survey of Mental Health (1997), in Colombia the prevalence in eating disorders is bulimia or anorexia, that is, the proportion of individuals with these disorders sometime in their life presented was 0.1% zero point one percent in the first and 2.3% two point three percent in the second. This study also notes that 10 people who have suffered or are suffering these conditions, three did not manage to overcome anorexia and / or bulimia. Many are aware that these diseases are increasing and affecting an increasing number of young people.