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ZARAGOZA CORTES, Jessica; SAUCEDO-MOLINA, Teresita de Jesús  e  FERNANDEZ CORTES, Trinidad Lorena. Asociación de impacto entre factores socioculturales, insatisfacción corporal, e índice de masa corporal en estudiantes universitarios de Hidalgo, México. ALAN [online]. 2011, vol.61, n.1, pp.20-27. ISSN 0004-0622.

After to identify risky factors involved in the prediction and prevention of eating disorders (ED), in a sample of university males and females students from an urban setting in Hidalgo, Mexico; the main purpose of this paper was to reaffirm the following assumptions: 1) Dissatisfaction with body shape is closely related to both, the influence of sociocultural factors as Body Mass Index (BMI); 2) The participating women reported more dissatisfaction with body shape, indicating greater influence of sociocultural factors than men.Transversal, descriptive and association field research was carried out in a sample of 490 students (57% females, 43% males), from 16 to 30 years old (X¯ = 19.63, SD = ± 2.11). Multidimensional self-reported questionnaire were applied. BMI was obtained by measuring each subject’s weight and height. Regarding the impact association measures obtained by Odds Ratio, there were significant association (p

Palavras-chave : Risky factors; eating disorders; body dissatisfaction; university students; México.