Prevalence of eating disorder attitudes among men and women with exercise dependence symptoms: a non-athlete population study

Prevalência de transtornos alimentares entre homens e mulheres com sintomas de dependência de exercícios: um estudo na população de não atletas

Prevalencia de los trastornos alimentarios entre hombres y mujeres con síntomas de dependencia de ejercicios: estudio de la población no deportista

The present study sought to describe the prevalence of Secondary Exercise Dependence (ScED, i.e. eating disorders attitudes along with exercise dependence symptoms) may differ between men and women in a broader exercising population. In this study, 174 regularly exerciser, aged 18-62 years old, who were invited to respond the Exercise Dependence Scale (EDS) and the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26). There were more women than men with ScED. However, only men in the sample presented exercise dependence symptoms without eating disorders attitudes. Eating disorders may or may not exist in those who are exercise dependent in the broad exercising population, although there is a higher prevalence of ScED in women than men.

Dependence; Exercise; Feeding Behavior; Questionnaires