Influenciar ou ser influenciado: o culto ao corpo perfeito e a adesão a dietas restritivas

Abstract

Access to social networks has provided a new way to influence the lives of its users, playing a major role in the dissemination of a body pattern in women, and increasing dissatisfaction with their own body image. The dissatisfaction felt by these users induces changes in eating behavior in search of weight loss. Thus, the objective of this work is to observe the influence of social networks in the phenomenon of body standardization, and the relationship with the adoption of restrictive diets as a method for weight loss. This is an integrative review carried out through the Scielo, Google Scholar, LILACS and Unicesumar Digital Library databases. The descriptors used were: "restrictive diets and/or social networks", "body standardization and/or social networks", "social networks and/or body influence. After the research, 14 scientific articles published in Portuguese between 2013 and 2022 were selected. Thus, it was possible to conclude that social networks transmit an ideal body pattern for women, and even those classified as eutrophic, feel dissatisfied with their bodies, seeking weight loss through inappropriate restrictive diets. The adoption of restrictive diets bring harm to the functioning of the organism as a whole, generating physical, metabolic and psychological repercussions on its adherents.