GASPAR, Sofia. Vegetarianismo adolescente como uma expressão da anorexia nervosa: Apresentação de uma proposta analítica . []. , 17, 2, pp.307-316. ISSN 0870-8231.

Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder whose symptoms and aetiology are still being discussed within psychological and clinical research (Waller, 1993). Some studies (Bakan et al., 1993; Kadambari et al., 1986; O'Connor et al., 1987; Woodruff et al., 1994) assign that vegetarianism, an alternative eating choice to ortodox diets, occurs simultaneously to some cases of anorexia nervosa. In this sense, it is fundamental to map in this paper the symptoms and demographic features which caracterise these two eating behaviours, so that to further evaluate an eventual relationship between them. Complementary, a phenomenological and sociocultural perspective is here proposed so to highlight some of the processes which might clarify the mind/body/society triad expressed in these 'food patterns'. Some brief arguments are suggested as a final comment, in order to introduce further lines of theoretical and empirical investigations.

: Anorexia nervosa; vegetarianism; relation mind/body/society.

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