</p> Results:In general, nutrition is experienced, not only by athletes themselves but also by technicians and coaches, as a tool for improving performance and as such assimilated to an aspect of training but in the presence of factors of vulnerability towards the ED by of the young athletes the exaggerated tendency to manipulate the weight can determine the appearance of an eating disorder or of the so-called athletic anorexia or the RED-S. </p> Conclusions:It is important to emphasize that not only do professional athletes suffer from it, but also good-looking amateurs and amateurs.