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Nowadays eating disorders are an important health problem, because of the number of factors which influence its appearance, in general, the victims are females teenagers and young adults. Objective: to qualify the prevalence of eating disorders in teenagers students in Santa Cruz do Capibaribe – Pe, and to evidence if there are differences between male and female and also in social economic level. Materials and Methodology: It was interviewed 491 students from both sex with ages between 15 and 19 years old, enrolled in private and state schools. It was used self-answered questionnaires EAT - 26 and BITE. Results: It was identified a bigger number of probable students with eating disorders in private schools (27.16%) most of them in females (59.51%). The occurrence of possible cases of Anorexia Nervosa (24.59%) was a little bigger than Bulimia Nervosa (24.12%). Discussion: The high prevalence of disorders found in this study show a strong influence of the globalization process in the diffusion of these disorders, and the fact of belonging to some social class, is not the main point to the appearing of eating disorders. Conclusion: The results found in this work are relevant to several health professionals, hoping that, in future researches, they can clarify in a better way the possible risks factors of these eating disorders.

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