1996
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/64.6.840
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Eating disorder symptoms in former female college gymnasts: relations with body composition

Abstract: The purpose of this investigation was to describe eating disorder symptoms in 36.6 +/- 3.8-y-old former college gymnasts as well as relations between body dissatisfaction and body composition. Former college gymnasts (n = 22) and age-(mean +/- SE difference: 0.05 +/- 0.26 y), height-(0.47 +/- 0.75 cm), and weight-matched (2.20 +/- 0.30 kg) control subjects (n = 22) participated. Current and past symptoms were assessed by using the Eating Disorders Inventory-2 (EDI-2) and visual analog scales. EDI-2 body-dissat… Show more

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“…The level of satisfaction with body shape was equal in the men and the women. These ratings of body satisfaction exceed those previously reported among female college gymnasts (O'Connor, Lewis, Kirchner, & Cook, 1996).…”
Section: Figure Skaterscontrasting
confidence: 79%
“…The level of satisfaction with body shape was equal in the men and the women. These ratings of body satisfaction exceed those previously reported among female college gymnasts (O'Connor, Lewis, Kirchner, & Cook, 1996).…”
Section: Figure Skaterscontrasting
confidence: 79%
“…Among the other facilitating factors, athletic participation has often been linked to a higher prevalence of eating disorders, which are found to be particularly widespread among performers of certain types of sports or physical activities, such as ballet [11][12][13][14][15][16], gymnastics [17][18][19], running [20][21][22] and skating [23,24]. Several personality characteristics have been claimed to be associated both with eating disorders and sport participation: competitiveness, concern about performance, compulsive concern about body shape and perfectionism [25].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Most of the young women in the USA would prefer their actual body weight to be between 5 and 10% lower [4]. For female gymnasts, the level of body dissatisfaction seems more strongly related to body weight discrepancy than to the percentage of fat, whereas the opposite appears to be true for controls [5]. Trigger factors associated with the onset of eating disorders in athletes have been thought to be prolonged periods of dieting, frequent weight fluctuations, a sudden increase in training volume, and traumatic events such as injury or loss of a coach [6].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%