BULIMICS: DO THEY GO TO THE GYM?

Authors

  • Andréia Weis Universidade Federal do Paraná
  • Paulo Henrique Santos da Fonseca Istituto Federal de Santa Catarina - IFSC
  • Marcelo da Silva Villas Bôas Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM
  • Joice Mara Facco Stefanello Universidade Federal do Paraná - UFPR
  • Ricardo Weigert Coelho Universidade Federal do Paraná - UFPR

Keywords:

Bulimia, exercise, fitness centers, eating disorder.

Abstract

The research objective was to determine the prevalence of women with symptoms of bulimia nervosa attending the gym and check out the practitioners who show bulimic traces, and how often they use the exercise as a compensatory way. The study included 197 women enrolled in gyms in the city of Marechal Cândido Rondon - PR (28.7 ± 9.9 years). To evaluate the framework of bulimia it was used the Bulimic Investigatory Test of Edingurgh (BITE) and a structured interview by the researchers to meet the interests of the study. For the data analysis it was used descriptive statistics and frequency sampling by the statistical program SPSS for Windows 11.5. The prevalence of symptoms of bulimia was 3%. The prevalence of bulimic traits was 11.2%. From the individuals that show bulimic traits, 59.1% reported physical exercise after episodes of over-eating. These results may indicate that this compensatory behavior through physical exercise can cause women to seek out gyms.

Author Biographies

Andréia Weis, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Bacharel Educação Física (UNIOESTE, 2008)

Especialista em Atividades de Academia (UNIOESTE, 2009)

Mestranda em Educação Física na Universidade Federal do Paraná - UFPR (2011-2013) - Laboratório de Psicofisiologia do Exercício e Esporte (LAPPES).

Paulo Henrique Santos da Fonseca, Istituto Federal de Santa Catarina - IFSC

Mestrado - UFSC

Professor do Istituto Federal de Santa Catarina - IFSC

Itajaí - Santa Catarina, Brasil.

Marcelo da Silva Villas Bôas, Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM

Doutorando na UFPR.

Professor na Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM.

Maringá - Paraná, Brasil.

Joice Mara Facco Stefanello, Universidade Federal do Paraná - UFPR

Doutorado em Educação física.

Professora da Universidade Federal do Paraná - UFPR.

Curitiba - Paraná, Brasil.

Ricardo Weigert Coelho, Universidade Federal do Paraná - UFPR

Doutorado em Educação Física.

Professor da Universidade Federal do Paraná - UFPR.

Curitiba - Paraná, Brasil.

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Published

2013-05-08

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