Abstract

Author(s): Montserrat Monserrat HERNÁNDEZ*, Juan Carlos Checa OLMOS and Darío Salguero GARCÍA

Binge eating disorder is considered the most prevalent disorder in the athletic population (compared to anorexia and bulimia nervosa), however, there is still a lot of research to be done, especially from an interdisciplinary perspective. For this reason, in this article we present the most updated research on genetic predisposition, eating behavior, relationship with stress and other eating diseases or addiction to sport and analyze whether precision nutrition offers tools to offer effective work guidelines from its scope. In the literature consulted, factors in which nutrition can work in both prevention and treatment are observed. For this reason, knowing the genetic factors, function of the microbiota and psychosocial aspects of each athlete could be important to prevent the appearance of eating disorder in general and binge eating disorder. However, although precision nutrition may be key, interdisciplinary work is also essential (psychiatry, psychology, nursing, nutrition and other specialists depending on the need). And, although future research will provide more information in this regard, it is known that the Mediterranean Diet pattern still offers an important preventive tool