Factores de riesgo en adolescentes para desarrollar un trastorno de la conducta alimentaria

Los Trastornos de la Conducta Alimentaria se caracterizan por la presencia de conductas, actitudes y estrategias causadas por una preocupación constante por el peso y la imagen corporal. Los TCA han estado presentes a lo largo de la historia, pero en la actualidad el número de casos ha ido en aumento. Los objetivos del presente trabajo son identificar por qué los adolescentes son más propensos a desarrollar un TCA y conocer los principales factores de riesgo. Se ha obtenido que el aumento de los casos en la actualidad se deba, en parte, por el ideal de belleza que se promueve mediante los medios de comunicación. Tras conocer los riesgos presentes en las redes sociales, se propone que la familia debe potenciar la autoestima de sus hijos y desarrollar un pensamiento crítico, para manejar la información y que no afecte al adolescente.

Eating disorders are characterized by the presence of behaviors, attitudes and strategies caused by a constant worry of one’s weight and body image. These eating disorders have always been present through history. However, nowadays the number of cases have been increasing. The goal of this paper is to identify the reason behind why teenagers are more likely to develop an eating disorder and to find out about the major risk factors. It has been discovered that the increase of numbers of cases could have been partly caused by beauty standards imposed by the media. After knowing that this is one of the major factors that influence the development of an eating disorder, it is advised to families to enhance the self-esteem of their children as well as to develop critical thinking. This is done in order for the teenagers to be able to better deal with all the constant information they are exposed to as well as to avoid this to affect the teenager.