Eating_Disorders_In_Athletes_In_Selected_Sport

Eating Disorders In Athletes In Selected Sport Eating Disorders in Athletes in Selected Sport Imagine that you have been participating in gymnastics your whole life. To be a top competitor in this sport, you have to maintain a certain weight and body image. You get so caught up in your body image and weight you become anorexic. Now, you are one of the top gymnasts in the world. But what really is important, your health or the sport you have been competing in since you were three year old. What would you do' Many athletes would pick to continue participating in their sport. These athletes do not realize how they are abusing their body’s. Why is it that the issue of eating disorders in sport is so taboo' Eating disorders in athletes is an issue that needs to be address to young athletes, teachers, coaches and families. The sports industry is gaining popularity everyday. Americans pay hundreds to thousands of dollars to be spectators at different sporting events. Athletes are practicing dangerous eating patterns in an attempt to look the way society wants them to look which is thin. Quinn (2004) reported: Athletes tend athletes, eating, weight, disorders, body, sport, image, sports, 1999, risk, participate, nervosa, disorder, certain, because, thin, pressure, male, important, different, bryant, binge, being, been, 2004, wrestlers, world, training, top, stated, standards, spectators, social, rowers, reasons