The article aims to summarize the literature about the profile of risk of orthorexia in athletes using the ORTO-15 questionnaire. The search was performed at PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Sport Discus databases, using the terms "orthorexia" AND "athletes" with the respective entry terms. A multistage process of selection followed the PRISMA 2020 recommendation. A total of 688 articles were identified, and six studies were available for the final process. The prevalence of risk for orthorexia was assessed by the articles by the ORTO-15 questionnaire and ranged between 38 and 35 points. The comparison between male and female athletes and, athletes and non-athletes was not significant in the six articles. In conclusion, the review highlights that athletes from different sports, included in the review, do not present a risk of orthorexia nervosa considering the cutoff of 40 points, but not 35 points. Also, athletes present the same orthorexic behavior compared to non-athletes, demonstrating that orthorexia is an issue that needs to be considered in the general population. Moreover, a special focus should be given on the ORTO-15 questionnaire, about the sensitivity to diagnose the prevalence of orthorexia, especially in athletes.

Department of Health Promotion Faculty of Sport Studies Masaryk University Brno Czechia

Department of Physical Education Universidade Estadual do Centro Oeste Guarapuava Brazil

Department of Physical Therapy UniGuairacá Guarapuava Brazil

Department of Physical Therapy Universidade Estadual do Centro Oeste Guarapuava Brazil

Incubator of Kinanthropology Research Faculty of Sport Studies Masaryk University Brno Czechia

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