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Nutrition and Physical Activity
Dra. Marissa Islas Romero
Eating disorders
Persistent alteration of
eating habits or weight
control behaviors
Significant alteration of
physical health and
psychosocial functioning
Eating disorders
Nervous Bulimia
Anorexia Nervosa
(NA) (NB)
Unspecified Binge
Eating eating
Disorder disorder
(UED) (BED)
Nervous Anorexia
Vomiting behaviors,
laxative and
diuretic abuse,
compulsive exercise
or fasting.
Typical of normal
weight
Frustrated by their
inability to achieve
an underweight
state
Characteristics of NB
Characterized by binge eating
They develop compensatory
behaviors to counteract
compulsive eating
• The two usual questionnaires have been used in the diagnosis of eating disorders:
the EAT and the EDI3 (Eating Disorder Inventory).
• A few years ago, an instrument called the Exercise Orientation Questionnaire
(EOQ) was developed, specifically designed to identify athletes at risk.
Sports and eating disorders groups
• It is known that the sports in which more pathological eating
behaviors have emerged can be considered divided into four groups
in which low body weight is important for different reasons.
• First, there are the sports that establish categories by weight. This is the
case of boxing, taekwondo or weightlifting.
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