Vigorexia or adonis syndrome - characteristics, causes, symptoms and consequences

In today's society, it is not difficult to feel pressured on our bodily structure and the standards set as ideal or perfect. The self perception of the subject in relation to their weight, body fat, musculature may be, due to this social pressure, related to a distortion of body image, is a psychopathology called Vigorexia. Vigorexia is a body dysmorphic disorder where the subject has a self-image distortion of reality. In men, this excessive worry, which makes one look extremely thin, small and weak, regardless of their body musculature - usually already well above average - can trigger in severe eating disorders, overexerted and completely out of control training and cause other evils to your body. The objective of this study was to analyze, through bibliographical references, the characteristics of this psychopathology, its probable causes, symptoms and the consequences that it can entail to the subject, as well as the care and attention that the physical education professional must have in order to their students / clients in order to assist them. Thus, we can conclude that such evidence is a clear warning to the sports community and also to physical education professionals for a deeper reflection of this problem, since it is an issue that reaches even the professional ethics part of these professionals.