Objective: To evaluate body dissatisfaction and distorted body self-image in women with prolactinoma. Methods: Body dissatisfaction and distorted body self-image were evaluated in 80 women with prolactinoma. All patients were in menacme, 34% had normal body mass index (BMI), and 66% were overweight. Most patients (56.2%) had normal prolactin (PRL) levels and no hyperprolactinemia symptoms (52.5%). The Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) was used to assess the patients’ dissatisfaction with and concern about their physical form, and the Stunkard Figure Rating Scale (FRS) was used to assess body dissatisfaction and distorted body self-image. The patients were divided according to PRL level (normal vs. elevated) and the presence or absence of prolactinoma symptoms. Results: The normal and elevated PRL groups had similar incidences of body dissatisfaction and distorted body self-image. However, symptomatic patients reported a higher incidence of dissatisfaction than asymptomatic patients. Distorted body self-image was less common among symptomatic patients. Conclusion: Symptomatic patients showed higher body dissatisfaction, but lower body self-image distortion. The presence of symptoms may have been responsible for increased body awareness. The perception of body shape could have triggered feelings of dissatisfaction compared to an ideal lean body. Therefore, a distorted body self-image might not necessarily result in body dissatisfaction in women with prolactinomas.

Através do Sistema de Vigilância Alimentar e Nutricional no Município de Niterói, Rio de Janeiro (Sisvan-Niterói) foi realizado um estudo com 2248 crianças de 0-60 meses, residentes nos 3 distritos sanitários da cidade, durante sua campanha de vacinação em 1992, objetivando o diagnóstico do estado nutricional a partir dos índices: peso/idade (P/I), peso/altura (P/A), altura/idade (A/I). Foi utilizado o padrão NCHS, classificações Gomez e Escore-z. A prevalência da desnutrição foi estudada a partir da proporção de crianças com índice antropométrico menor que -2,00 escore-z, considerando-se A/I para as formas crônicas e P/A para as formas agudas. Os resultados indicam que 20,1% das crianças possuíam desnutrição (total da cidade, classificação Gomez). A avaliação do escore-z para AR, evidenciou que 6,8% das crianças na cidade possuíam desnutrição crônica. Os resultados indicam uma situação séria de desnutrição crônica em Niterói, especialmente em seu Distrito Leste.

The Niterói-based Nutritional and Food Surveillance System (SISVAN Niteroi, RJ, Brazil) performed an anthropometric survey which included 2,248 children from zero to 60 months of age in September 1992, during a mass vaccination day program. The purpose was to determine the nutritional status of children from that city. The indexes used were Weight for Age (WA), Weight for Height (WH), and Height for Age (HA), and the reference population was that of the NCHS (National Center for Health Statistics, USA), adopted and recommended by the WHO. The indexes were analyzed using the classifications by Gomez and Z-Scores. Prevalence of undernutrition was calculated on the basis of the proportion of children with Z-scores under -2.00, using HAZ to stabilish chronic forms and WHZ for acute ones. A data base was built using Epi Info, version 5.01b, and a special program from CDC (Centers for Disease Control) was used to calculate anthropometric indexes. The results showed as much as 20.1 % of undernutrition, including all forms from the Gomez classification. In the city as a whole, 6.8% had HAZ under -2.00. The results indicated a serious situation of chronic undernutrition that demands continuous nutritional surveillance in Niteroi, and especially in the city's Eastern District.

Através do Sistema de Vigilância Alimentar e Nutricional no Município de Niterói, Rio de Janeiro (Sisvan-Niterói) foi realizado um estudo com 2248 crianças de 0-60 meses, residentes nos 3 distritos sanitários da cidade, durante sua campanha de vacinação em 1992, objetivando o diagnóstico do estado nutricional a partir dos índices: peso/idade (P/I), peso/altura (P/A), altura/idade (A/I). Foi utilizado o padrão NCHS, classificações Gomez e Escore-z. A prevalência da desnutrição foi estudada a partir da proporção de crianças com índice antropométrico menor que -2,00 escore-z, considerando-se A/I para as formas crônicas e P/A para as formas agudas. Os resultados indicam que 20,1% das crianças possuíam desnutrição (total da cidade, classificação Gomez). A avaliação do escore-z para AR, evidenciou que 6,8% das crianças na cidade possuíam desnutrição crônica. Os resultados indicam uma situação séria de desnutrição crônica em Niterói, especialmente em seu Distrito Leste.

The Niterói-based Nutritional and Food Surveillance System (SISVAN Niteroi, RJ, Brazil) performed an anthropometric survey which included 2,248 children from zero to 60 months of age in September 1992, during a mass vaccination day program. The purpose was to determine the nutritional status of children from that city. The indexes used were Weight for Age (WA), Weight for Height (WH), and Height for Age (HA), and the reference population was that of the NCHS (National Center for Health Statistics, USA), adopted and recommended by the WHO. The indexes were analyzed using the classifications by Gomez and Z-Scores. Prevalence of undernutrition was calculated on the basis of the proportion of children with Z-scores under -2.00, using HAZ to stabilish chronic forms and WHZ for acute ones. A data base was built using Epi Info, version 5.01b, and a special program from CDC (Centers for Disease Control) was used to calculate anthropometric indexes. The results showed as much as 20.1 % of undernutrition, including all forms from the Gomez classification. In the city as a whole, 6.8% had HAZ under -2.00. The results indicated a serious situation of chronic undernutrition that demands continuous nutritional surveillance in Niteroi, and especially in the city's Eastern District.