Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Via G. Colombo 71, 20133 Milan, Italy.
IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Via R. Galeazzi 4, 20161 Milan, Italy.
Nutrients. 2020 Nov 25;12(12):3622. doi: 10.3390/nu12123622.
Binge eating patients present lower physical activity levels, which could be associated with lower exercise capacity. Specific physical activity can ensure broad beneficial results relating to eating disorders, depression, and body mass index (BMI) in bulimia; however, research on binge eating disorder (BED) is scarce. Our study aimed to investigate the effects of specific training as an addition to conventional treatment of eating disorder symptoms, anthropometric characteristics, and physical performance. Nineteen women with BED were included in a dietary and cognitive-behavioral therapy program. After medical examination, 10 women carried out Combined Aerobic and Anaerobic Exercise Training in addition to conventional treatment (CAAET group), whereas the remaining 9 followed the conventional treatment alone (CTRL group). All of the measurements were assessed before and after six months of treatment. In both groups, we observed a significant decrease in binge episodes, weight, and body mass index, and an increase in exercise capacity. Moreover, the CAAET group presented a greater improvement in aerobic performance than that observed in the CTRL group. Our results suggest that both interventions similarly improved BED symptoms. The addition of physical activity could be important in the long-term maintenance of both weight loss and reduction in binge episodes in BED patients.
暴食症患者的身体活动水平较低，这可能与运动能力较低有关。特定的身体活动可以确保在暴食症中与饮食失调、抑郁和体重指数（BMI）相关的广泛有益结果；然而，关于暴食症（BED）的研究很少。我们的研究旨在调查特定训练对饮食障碍症状、人体测量特征和身体表现的常规治疗的附加影响。19 名患有 BED 的女性参加了饮食和认知行为治疗计划。在体检后，10 名女性除了常规治疗外还进行了有氧和无氧结合运动训练（CAAET 组），而其余 9 名女性仅接受常规治疗（CTRL 组）。所有的测量值在治疗 6 个月前后都进行了评估。在两组中，我们都观察到暴食发作、体重和体重指数显著减少，运动能力增加。此外，与 CTRL 组相比，CAAET 组的有氧表现改善更大。我们的结果表明，两种干预措施都能显著改善 BED 症状。在长期维持 BED 患者的体重减轻和减少暴食发作方面，增加身体活动可能很重要。
