Análisis de la situación somato-fisiológica de modelos profesionales y su valoración nutricional

Abstract

The social pressure and the quest for a pre-established image for the development of the modelling and advertising profession has been generating anomalous food ingestion behaviours that fundamentally affect professional women models. The objective of this work is to introduce the somatic and physiologic situation of professional models aged between 16 and 25. The anthropometric analysis has revealed clear malnutrition situations (BMI, 82 % below the recommended values), important anomalies in the menstrual cycles (77 % had periods of amenorrea) and chaotic food ingestion with an average of 900 calories a day. High tobacco, alcohol and stimulant consumption levels (98,85 and 100 % respectively) were detected. The conclusion is that there is a strong need to inform, modify and fore see the negative impact that their image can have on the nutritional behaviour of youths and adolescents.