The Risk of Eating Disorders in Adolescence and its Association with the Value of the Body Mass Index, Level of Anxiety and Level of Depression

AbstractThe paper is aimed at studying whether there is any connection between the risk of developing an eating disorder in adolescence and the BMI, anxiety and depression. These connections are studied at a global level as well as making a differentiation between boys and girls. The results indicate that there is a positive correlation statistically significant of low intensity between the risk of developing an eating disorder and the BMI and that there is some positive correlations statistically significant and moderate between the risk of developing an eating disorder and the anxiety (viewed as a state and as a trait) and depression. When statistic analysis is performed making a differentiation between boys and girls, the results evidence that while in boys these correlations are not statistically relevant, they are in girls