Identification, evaluation and management of disordered eating (DE) is complex. DE exists
along the spectrum from optimised nutrition through to clinical eating disorders (EDs) …

Background Prevalence of eating disorders (EDs) among college-aged athletes has risen in
recent years. Although measures exist for assessing EDs, these measures have not been …

Objective: The authors assessed the prevalence of pathogenic eating and weight-control
behaviors among female college athletes, using a psychometrically valid measure …

Over the past fifteen years, there has been a great increase in the knowledge of eating
disorders in sport and effective means of treatment. In this book, the authors draw on their …

issue of risk factors and introduce an etiological model to explain the development of
disordered eating among athletes and to stimulate research in this area. Fourth, we address …

Male athletes have been hypothesized to be at increased risk for disordered eating attitudes
and behaviors due to unique pressures in the sport environment. In this study, 203 male …

Due to pressures within the sport environment, such as from coaches, teammates, uniforms
and judges, female athletes may develop unhealthy eating practices to lose weight or …

Eating disorders are associated with short and long-term consequences that can affect
sports performance. The purposes of this study were to investigate whether female athletes …

We examined the propensity for male athletes to exhibit symptoms of disordered eating.
Using meta-analytic techniques, we examined overall effect size, individual effect sizes for …

Objective: To examine whether differences in eating disorder symptoms exist between
women who are varsity athletes, club athletes, independent exercisers, and nonexercisers …