ArticleJournal of eating disorders2020
Likelihood of suffering from an eating disorder in a sample of Spanish cyclists and triathletes.
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- The use and misuse of the SCOFF screening measure over two decades: a systematic literature review.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2024Pooled it
- Mediterranean Diet Adherence, Nutrition Knowledge and Lifestyle Factors in Physically Active Adults and Athletes: The NUTRI_ACTIVE Study.Nutrients · 2026Observational
- Maximising Triathlon Health and Performance: The State of the Art.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Association between school bullying type and the risk of eating disorders among Chinese college students: the mediating role of body dissatisfaction.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Muscularity-oriented disordered eating: investigating body image concerns and the moderating role of emotion dysregulation in cyclists.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- 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
- Mental Health Disorders in Ultra Endurance Athletes per ICD-11 Classifications: A Review of an Overlooked Community in Sports Psychiatry.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- An assessment of the dietary habits among road cyclists competing in amateur races.Food science & nutrition · 2023Article
- Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating in Competitive Cycling: A Scoping Review.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Behind the athletic body: a clinical interview study of identification of eating disorder symptoms and diagnoses in elite athletes.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundDuring recent years, there has been increasing interest in the study of eating disorders within sports practitioners, with prevalence being reported to be higher than in the general population. The aim of this study was to describe and predict eating disorders according to sex, body mass index, age and sport discipline within a sample of athletes.
methodsA sample of 4037 cyclists and triathletes from across Spain was selected. Athletes self-reported demographic characteristics and completed the revised restraint scale, SCOFF questionnaire and Mediterranean diet adherence screener. To be eligible for inclusion, participants had to be over eighteen years old.
resultsMales were significantly less likely than females (p < 0.001; OR = 0.33), and triathletes (p < 0.01; OR = 0.76) were less likely than cyclists to suffer from an eating disorder. Possibility of suffering from an eating disorder increased with increasing body mass index (p < 0.001; OR = 1.38) and decreasing age (p < 0.001; OR = 0.97).
conclusionFindings suggest that the roles of sex, sport discipline, age and body mass index predict risk factors for eating disorders in a sample of Spanish athletes. Clinical diagnosis seems necessary to better understand the factors and mechanisms at play when Spanish athletes develop an eating disorder.
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