Indicativos de transtornos alimentares e segurança alimentar da comunidade LGBTQIAPN+: uma análise no campus Lagoa do Sino da UFSCar

Abstract

This research study analyzes food safety and eating disorders in the LGBTQIAPN+ community of the Lagoa do Sino campus of UFSCar. In a global context, food safety ensures continuous access to food in adequate quantity and quality, seeking to be better and healthy for two individuals. Meanwhile, the UN reported that nearly 768 million people will face food insecurity in 2020, an increase of 118 million in relation to 2019. In this context, studies indicate that 68.8% of members of the LGBTQIAPN+ community in Brazil are in some degree. food insecurity, with 20.2% in serious food insecurity. Eating disorders are also becoming a growing concern, mainly among adolescents and young adults, causing biological and psychological prejudices, as well as increasing morbidity and mortality. This study seeks to analyze indicators of eating disorders that affect the nutritional safety of the LGBTQIAPN+ community on the Lagoa do Sino campus of UFSCar. The data collected through interviews with 35 participants offers an in-depth view of the issues faced by this specific group, drawing a view of the diversity of the research participants, where they are predominantly cisgender women between 21 and 24 years old, of white ethnicity and identified as bisexual. . The results also highlight the significant influence of social media on body and weight perception among members of the LGBTQIAPN+ community. Many participants reported negative thoughts about their own body images, influenced by social and cultural pressure to cater to parents of “ideal” bodies, which can lead to prejudicial eating behaviors and, in extreme cases, the development of eating disorders. Além disso, as interviews we discovered the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic do not need to be mental and feeding two students, or they emphasize the importance of considering external contexts, such as global events, to address questions related to mental health and nutrition. Therefore, the results of this study highlight the need to better understand the interactions between food safety, eating disorders and contextual factors in the life of the LGBTQIAPN+ community, especially in the academic environment.