Although female emaciators and anorexics in sport have received considerable academic
attention as a deviant population of athletes (Atkinson; Grieve), researchers have only …

Yeme bozuklukları yüksek mortalite oranına sahip klinik ruhsal bozukluklardır. Yeme
bozukluğu sporcularda genel popülasyondan daha yüksek oranda gözlenmektedir. Yeme …

Eating disorders are a group of conditions which have a huge impact on the health and
performance of athletes. The aetiology of eating disorders is multifactorial, being influenced …

At the 2008 Olympics, the body weight of the athletes varied from 28 to 181 kg and many
Olympic athletes therefore today have a stature far from the ancient Greek athletic ideals …

This comprehensive and engaging textbook provides a fresh and sociologically-grounded
examination of how deviance is constructed and defined and what it means to be classed a …

Exercise addiction is a term gaining widespread use in the scientific literature and popular
press. However, despite numerous studies of risk factors and affected groups, there is no …

Emerging evidence suggests controversial results on the associations between sport activity
and eating disorders (EDs). The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship …

The long-term impact of weight cycling on health status, eating habits, physical activity and
the lifestyle of former combat sports athletes is still insufficiently explored. Therefore, a novel …

Human diet in Western civilization is characterised by an excessive consumption of food in
general, especially the highly processed one, improper adjustment of consumption to meet …

Over the course of our conversations it became clear that throughout Lindsey's life physical
activity had been both a friend and an enemy: something that sustained and nourished her …