Female athletes experience pressure to conform to social and sporting norms concerning
body weight. This study compared general and sporting body dissatisfaction and disordered …

Objective There is ongoing discussion about whether sports participation is a risk or
protective factor for eating disorders (EDs). Research is mixed, with some studies …

This study examined the relative frequency of behavioral and psychological indices of eating
disorders in collegiate athletes and nonathletes. Participants were 230 male and 250 female …

Objectives Eating disorders are more prevalent in aesthetic sports such as figure skating or
gymnastics. While many descriptive studies on their prevalence already exist, more and …

The present study examined whether gender, type of sport (lean v. non-lean), body
dissatisfaction and self esteem were associated with disordered eating behaviors in Division …

Eating disorder prevalence rates among athletes vary greatly because of the different ways
in which researchers have measured and classified them, and the extent to which they are …

The general purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence and symptoms of eating
disorders (ED) for 412 high school, university, and elite male and female track and field …

Objectives The purposes of this paper were to offer reflections, thoughts, and observations
on the burgeoning research regarding eating disorders in athletes over the past 25 years, to …

Abstract Sundgot-Borgen (1993) hypothesized that participants in refereed sports, eg,
basketball, may be at lower risk for the development of eating disorders in comparison to …

With female collegiate athletes, we examined the relationship of eating pathology to body
image concerns, weight pressures, sociocultural internalization, and mood state. Multivariate …