ArticleSports medicine - open2025
A longitudinal investigation of performance and injury outcomes associated with disordered eating in elite athletes.
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- Self-Report Health Screening Tools in Female Athletes: A Systematic Review of Domain Coverage, Validation, and Use Across Participation Levels.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Pooled it
- Eating disorders and associated mental symptoms in Swedish elite athletes and a comparison group.Discover mental health · 2026Article
- Construction and application of a model for predicting athletes' injury risk based on machine learning.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundDisordered eating is common in elite athletes and may be motivated by perceived performance advantages associated with becoming leaner. However, few studies have examined the performance outcomes associated with disordered eating over time in this population. This study investigated self-reported performance and days missed from training/competition due to injury as longitudinal outcomes of disordered eating.
methodsCurrent elite athletes predominantly from Australia and the US (N = 178; 72.4% female, M
resultsGreater T1-disordered eating significantly predicted a greater increase in days missed due to injury at 6-month (B = 0.04, 95% CI = 0.01-0.07), but not 12-month, follow-up, controlling for gender. Greater disordered eating was significantly associated with poorer self-reported performance across timepoints (r = - .23, p = .027 to r = - .39, p < .001); however, T1-disordered eating did not predict a significant change in performance over time, controlling for gender.
conclusionsDisordered eating should not be considered as either normal or necessary to improve athletic performance, but rather a potential pathway towards injuries and absences from training and/or competition. These findings highlight a need for future research investigating outcomes associated with disordered eating across more specific aspects of performance and injury.
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