Traits of Orthorexia Nervosa and the Determinants of These Behaviors in Elite Athletes.

Olga Surała Jadwiga Malczewska-LenczowskaDorota SadowskaIzabela Grabowska Agata Bialecka-Debek

Published in: Nutrients (2020)

Factors related to ON tendencies concerned exclusively BMI and body composition in male, and the weekly training time in female athletes. The results from this study demonstrate that a significant percentage of athletes, irrespective of sex, age, type of sport or hours of training per week, may manifest traits of orthorexia nervosa.

Keyphrases

body composition
high school
resistance training
bone mineral density
genome wide
virtual reality
anorexia nervosa
body mass index
clinical trial
gene expression
weight loss
anterior cruciate ligament