ArticleNutrients2019
Body Image and Disturbed Eating Attitudes and Behaviors in Sport-Involved Adolescents: The Role of Gender and Sport Characteristics.
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- The Impact of Sports Involvement on Body Image Perception and Ideals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Eating-disorder psychopathology in female athletes and non-athletes: A meta-analysis.The International journal of eating disorders · 2022Pooled it
- Between Aesthetics and Health: Disordered Eating, Exercise Addiction, and Body Image in Competitive Bodybuilders.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
- 2025 Update to the Female Athlete Triad Coalition Consensus Statement Part 1: State of the Science and Introduction of a New Adolescent Model.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Review
- Positive attitudes toward physical activity and eating disorders in university students: the moderating role of gender.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Mediating role of organized sports participation on the relationship between body fatness and arterial wall thickness among adolescents: ABCD Growth Study.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Eating Attitudes and Characteristics of Physical Activity Practitioners and Athletes in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Adolescent leisure-time physical activity and eating disorders: a longitudinal population-based twin study.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2024Article
- Prevalence of potential risk of eating disorders among young, unprofessional European athletes: results of the ERASMUS+ project SCAED.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- The association between sport type and eating/body image concerns in high school students: a cross-sectional observational study.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2023Observational
- Factors associated with body size perception among adolescent goal-oriented sports participants and non-participants: a cross-sectional Finnish study.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Body Image Perception in Adolescents: The Role of Sports Practice and Sex.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Weight Pressures and Eating Disorder Symptoms among Adolescent Female Gymnasts of Different Performance Levels in Greece.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Nutritional Risks among Adolescent Athletes with Disordered Eating.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Analysis of Body Perception, Preworkout Meal Habits and Bone Resorption in Child Gymnasts.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The main physical components of body image from the perspectives of Iranian adolescents: a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Examining Body Appreciation and Disordered Eating in Adolescents of Different Sports Practice: Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
Disordered eating in adolescents who participate in sports is an issue of great concern. However, very few studies have examined the prevalence of sport-related determinants of disturbed eating attitudes and behaviours (DEABs) in sport-involved adolescents. The present study aims to assess body image and DEABs in the sample of adolescents involved in a sport of different characteristics (competitive sport, leisure sport; weight-sensitive and less-weight-sensitive sport) and to compare the results with those of the controls. A total sample of 732 adolescents (437 (59.4%) were female) participated in the study. The participants ranged in age from 16 to 19 years (mean = 17.2, SD = 0.6). Study participants completed a questionnaire assessing sports characteristics, body image, disordered eating, and health-compromising eating behaviours. Analysis of covariance was used to test the differences of major study variables between controls and weight-sensitive and less-weight-sensitive leisure and competitive sports groups. There was no significant difference observed in DEABs between the sports groups. Competitive athletes reported more satisfaction with body image than controls. The girls participating in weight-sensitive leisure sports reported higher overweight preoccupation and greater DEABs compared to those participating in less-weight-sensitive leisure sports. Boys participating in weight-sensitive leisure sports reported a greater drive for muscularity-related behaviour compared to those participating in less-weight-sensitive leisure sports. There was no observed interaction between gender and weight sensitivity in the competitive sports group. Adolescents involved in a competitive sport demonstrated greater body image satisfaction and did not seem to present a greater risk for DEABs than controls. Special prevention attempts for lowering body image concerns and DEABs should be addressed for adolescents participating in a weight-sensitive leisure sports.
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