The aim of this study was to investigate aspects of body image in a sample of people with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and eating disorder not otherwise specifi ed. The sample was composed of 14 volunteers, cared for by the Eating Disorders Outpatients Clinic, from Universidade Estadual de Campinas. The Software for Perceptual Assessment (SPA) assesses body dissatisfaction. The variables 'body concern', 'checking behaviour' and 'avoidance behaviour' were assessed by paper and pencil scales of the Body Shape Questionnaire, Body Checking Questionnaire and Body Image Avoidance Questionnaire, in this order. The descriptive analysis and correlations indicate high levels of dissatisfaction, checking behaviour, avoidance behaviour, and concern over the body, with signifi cant associations. These fi ndings showed the importance of the investigated parameters for the dynamic of the disease. Knowing these body image components could expand the possibilities of understanding how these patients organize their body representations and assist careful planning of interventions during the course of the treatment.

In the case reported here, the absence of intention to lose weight and body-image distortion was initially neglected. Depressive symptoms, personality traits, familial relationship and ambivalence on the perspective of nutritional recovery were overestimated at the expense of clinical history and vomiting characteristics, leading to the initial misdiagnosis.We thus conclude that, when assessing patients with a hypothetical ED, psychopathological symptoms must always be carefully evaluated. The exclusion of organic etiology must be a priority, even when the need of psychiatric and psychotherapeutic interventions is evident. In suspected AN cases without selfinduced vomiting, idiopathic achalasia must always be excluded before the final diagnosis.

Através de um estudo exploratório descritivo de cunho qualitativo, foram investigadas as experiências motoras em pessoas com anorexia nervosa, explorando seus motivos, suas expectativas, sua relação com o exercício no curso do transtorno e o papel do professor de educação física. Os dados reforçam a necessidade de proporcionar um ambiente seguro, de respeito às individualidades e auxílio no reconhecimento dos limites e sensações corporais em propostas de atividades físicas para pessoas com anorexia nervosa.