Ejercicio físico como herramienta para el tratamiento de los trastornos de la conducta alimentaria

Resumo

Eating disorders (ED) include those pathologies in which the obsession with thinness andthe fear of obesity condition the appearance of an inadequate eating pattern and pathologicalbehaviors linked to weight control. Exercise has historically been considered as oneof the symptoms in this disease, and therefore it has been excluded as treatment in thesepatients. Within the ED, we can observe a problematic behavior to the exercise (compulsiveexercise) and not necessarily it occurs in all the patients that suffer this pathology. There isevidence that participation in structured and supervised exercise programs (high-intensityresistance training or yoga) can be very useful in this clinical population, since it reducespsychopathology, it improves muscular strength, quality of life, psychological well-beingand it facilitates compliance and adherence to treatment.