ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019
Body Image Concern and Eating Disorder Symptoms Among Elite Icelandic Athletes.
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- Athlete Body Image and Eating Disorders: A Systematic Review of Their Association and Influencing Factors.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
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- A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression of the prevalence of self-reported disordered eating and associated factors among athletes worldwide.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
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- Disordered eating in elite youth athletes: A scoping review of studies published since 2000.JSAMS plus · 2023Review
- Body dissatisfaction, disordered eating and exercise behaviours: associations with symptoms of REDs in male and female athletes.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to analyse body image concerns and symptoms of eating disorders in elite Icelandic athletes according to their sex, and sport practiced. The participants were 755 athletes (24.8 ± 3.5 years in age) who compete at the highest possible level in Iceland. Representing 20 different sports, they were divided into five sports groups. Three questionnaires were used: the Body Shape Questionnaire to assess body image concerns; the Bulimia Test-Revised to assess the main symptoms of bulimia; and the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire to identify disordered eating attitudes and behaviours. A chi-squared test was used to analyse differences in prevalence of body image concern and eating disorders, a t-test for the differences between men and women, and a one-way ANOVA to compare the different sports. The main findings were that 17.9% of the athletes presented severe or moderate body image dissatisfaction, and 18.2% (25.3% of the women) were above the clinical cutoff for body image concern. Women's scores were higher than men's (whole sample and ball games) in all variables except restraint. These results seem to point to the existence of a real problem that athlete, coaches, doctors, and institutions need to take into account.
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