Dieting to win or to be thin? A study of dieting and disordered eating among adolescent elite athletes and non-athlete controls

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-76

  Martinsen, M ^a   Bratland Sanda, S ^a,b   Eriksson, A K ^a   Sundgot Borgen, J ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b MODUM BAD PSYCHIATRIC CENTER   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW CALORY DIET; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPORT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET, REDUCING; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPORTS; THINNESS;

EID: 74549212083     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2009.068668     Document Type: Article

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