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A pratica de exercicios fisicos em pacientes com transtornos alimentares (Physical exercises in patients with eating disorders) [Portuguese] |
Teixeira PC, da Costa RF, Matsudo SMM, Cordas TA |
Revista de Psiquiatria Clinica [Archives of Clinical Psychiatry] 2009;36(4):145-152 |
systematic review |
BACKGROUND: Several studies discuss the relationship between excessive physical exercises and eating disorder patient as a strategy to lose weight. OBJECTIVE: Review the literature concerning physical exercises in eating disorder patients including definitions, diagnostic criteria and therapeutic proposals. METHODS: A literature review was done through MedLine, LILACS and Cochrane databases using the terms "eating disorders", "anorexia nervosa", "bulimia nervosa", "physical activity", "obligatory exercise", "compulsive exercise" and "excessive exercise". RESULTS: 12 articles in a sampling of 80 were selected. These articles include the investigation of a physical pattern that was considered excessive in adults over 18 and the use of evaluation instruments. The practice of physical exercises in patients with disturbed eating behaviors is revised. DISCUSSION: There is no consensus in literature about diagnostic criteria and instruments to consider the physical exercise as inadequate or excessive and its use as a way to lose weight. On the other hand the practice of physical exercises along the treatment of eating disorder patients could be beneficial if oriented and supervised.
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