Prevalence of orthorexic behaviors in physical exercise practitioners in Joinville-SC
Abstract
Orthorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder recent in the scientific literature. It is about obsessive behaviors concerning the dietary quality, leading to harmful effects in the individual's life, being more common in the healthcare and/or in practitioners of some sport. The goal of the study was to investigate the presence of behaviors related to orthorexia nervosa (ON) in practitioners of physical exercise. 65 individuals aging from 20 to 59 years who practiced some physical exercise mode, took part on this study. They responded two questionnaires through an online tool of Google Forms: (a) evaluation of the physical activity practice and (b) ORTO-15. The obtained data were tabulated on electronic spreadsheets with the support of Microsoft® Excel Office (2016), and the score was done to data analysis. It was applied descriptive statistics through frequency, the mean, and the standard deviation, with a significance level of 5%. The results shown that 89,23% of the sample showed orthorexic behaviors, the mode more practiced was bodybuilding (91,30%) in four to five times a week. There were not meaningful differences of sexes. In conclusion, people who practice physical exercises seem to be more sensitive to develop orthorexia nervosa, which can be accurately applied by this instrument, but need caution regarding the use and interpretation of the ORTO-15 questionnaire, as it is used as a way that can be a failure to make an accurate diagnosis.
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