The period of adolescence is a challenging and harsh life-span for each young person accompanied by physical and psychological changes and by entering the adult world. Many young people face problems while searching for themselfs so they become dissatisfied and have a lack of self-esteem. Because of that feelings, the development of symptoms characterized by nutritional disorders can appear, among which anorexia and bulimia nervosa are particularly important. The aim of the research is to gain insights into possible risk attitudes and behaviors that are significant for the development of nutritional disorders in the students of the Medical School in Rijeka. The expected outcomes are that factors such as low self-esteem, disstisfaction with physical appearance, deviation in food attitudes, and rigorous diets are affected by eating disorders. The Rosenberg self-esteem estimation method was used to evaluate the self-esteem variables, a questionnaire was used for etimation of general dissatisfaction with the physical appearance, and a dietary nutrition questionnaire developed to assess the symptoms of nutrition disorder. Collected surveys of students were statistically processed by the SPSS statistical program and the results are presented in table and pictorial. A total of 177 students participated in the study, including 24 boys and 153 girls. It can be concluded that no significant deviations were observed in relation to the results of the previous research, which is supported by the fact that all three initial hypotheses were accepted. The research has shown unequivocal results and attitudes in comparison with the current research, statistically significant differences in attitudes towards their own physical appearanceare shown with regard to gender and behaviors characteristic of nutritional disorders are present in low self-esteemed respondents.