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Correspondence to Author: Mariana Abe Vicente Cavagnari^a, Gabriela Datsch Bennemann^b,Caryna Eurich Mazur^a, Tamiris Andressa Leite^c,Eduardo Falcão de Carvalho Junior^c, Lorena Merege Comeron^c, Rafael Massao Manshou^c, Ana Carolina Paludo^d, Marina Magatão^e, Stephane Janaína de Moura Escobar^f, Dalton Luiz Schiessel^g*. 

a. PhD Assistant Professor – Collegiate of Nutrition - Health Sciences Center – West State University of Parana (UNIOESTE) – Traiano Highway, Km 02 – East Contour - Água Branca – Zip Code 85601-970, Francisco Beltrão – Parana State – Brazil. Email: marianaav@hotmail.com.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1907-9383
b. PhD Professor – Collegiate of Nutrition - Health Sciences Center – West State University of Parana (UNIOESTE) – Traiano Highway, Km 02 – East Contour - Água Branca – Zip Code 85601-970, Francisco Beltrão – Parana State – Brazil. Email: gabibennemann@gmail.com.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0639-5894
a. PhD Assistant Professor – Collegiate of Nutrition - Health Sciences Center – West State University of Parana (UNIOESTE) – Traiano Highway, Km 02 – East Contour - Água Branca – Zip Code 85601-970, Francisco Beltrão – Parana State – Brazil. Email: carynanutricionista@gmail.com
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1278-5963
c. Registered Dietitian – Nutrition Department – Health Science Center – Campus CEDETEG – Midwest State University (UNICENTRO) – 838, Alameda Elio Antonio Dalla Vecchia – Vila Carli – Zip Code 85040-167 – Guarapuava – Parana State – Brazil. Email: nutri.tamirisleite@gmail.com
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6688-9088
c. Registered Dietitian – Nutrition Department – Health Science Center – Campus CEDETEG – Midwest State University (UNICENTRO) – 838, Alameda Elio Antonio Dalla Vecchia – Vila Carli – Zip Code 85040-167 – Guarapuava – Parana State – Brazil. Email: eduardo.falcaoc98@gmail.com
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1562-7163
c. Registered Dietitian – Nutrition Department – Health Science Center – Campus CEDETEG – Midwest State University (UNICENTRO) – 838, Alameda Elio Antonio Dalla Vecchia – Vila Carli – Zip Code 85040-167 – Guarapuava – Parana State – Brazil.
Email: lorenacomeron@gmail.com
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9331-9851 c. Registered Dietitian – Nutrition Department – Health Science Center – Campus CEDETEG – Midwest State University (UNICENTRO) – 838, Alameda Elio Antonio Dalla Vecchia – Vila Carli – Zip Code 85040-167 – Guarapuava – Parana State – Brazil. Email: massao.vg@gmail.com
ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8541-4736
d. Research Leader - Incubator of Kinanthropology Research - Department of Sport Performance and Exercise Testing - Faculty of Sports Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. Email: carolina.paludo@fsps.muni.cz
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8771-4580
e. Physical Educator - Crossfit & LPO Coach - Department of Physical Education, Health Science Center – Campus CEDETEG – Midwest State University (UNICENTRO) – 838, Alameda Elio Antonio Dalla Vecchia – Vila Carli – Zip Code 85040-167 – Guarapuava – Parana State – Brazil. Email: marinamagatao@gmail.com
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3411-4933
f. PhD Assistant Professor - Nutrition Departament - Federal University of Southern Border, Realeza Campus - Edmundo Gaievski Avenue, 1000, Highway BR 182 - Km 466 Post Office Box 253 Rural Area, Zip Code 85770-000 - Realeza - Parana State – Brazil. Email: stephane.escobar@uffs.edu.br
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4473-2567
g. PhD Associated Professor – Nutrition Departament – Health Science Center – Campus CEDETEG - Midwest State University (UNICENTRO) – 838, Alameda Elio Antonio Dalla Vecchia – Vila Carli – Zip Code 85040-167 – Guarapuava – Parana State – Brazil. Email: daltonls68@gmail.com
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0998-8161

DOI: 10.52338/tbjsm.2025.4563

Abstract:

CrossFit is considered a recent sport modality involving a crescent number of practitioners looking for both performance and health. Together with if CrossFit practice, care about the body aesthetic can be related to practitioners in this new modality, resulting in disturbances such as orthorexia and vigorexia. The aim of the study was to evaluate the profile of orthorexia and vigorexia in a Brazilian sample of CrossFit practitioners. The study included 54 practitioners with a mean age of 27.5 + 6.84 years, of which 36 were female. They answered online forms include descriptive characteristics, orthorexia (Ortho-15 questionnaire), and vigorexia responses. The results showed that orthorexic behavior was found in 14.8% of practitioners, of which 87.5% were female; 40.7 % presented severe scores of vigorexia and 3.7 % were vigorexic. Analyzing by sex, 55.5% of males were classified as severe scores for vigorexia and 41.7 % of females as low scores for vigorexia. The majority of orthorexia and severe vigorexia behavior practiced CrossFit for more than one year and do not have food planning by a nutritionist. Only 2 practitioners had orthorexia and severe vigorexia behavior.
CrossFit participants demonstrated changes in eating behavior and body self-perception. Individuals with a predisposition to orthorexia engaged in regular physical activity for more than a year. Body image distortion predominated in the sample, owing to practitioners with a high risk of vigorexia having a longer period of regular physical activity practice.
Keywords: Feeding behavior, body image, physical exercise.

Citation:

Dr. Dalton Luiz Schiessel, Orthorexia And Vigorexy: A Descriptive Profile In Brazilian Crossfit Practitioners. he British Journal of Sports Medicine 2025.