Prevalence of disordered eating and pathogenic weight control behaviors among NCAA division I female collegiate gymnasts and swimmers

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 120-124

  Anderson, Carlin ^a,b   Petrie, Trent A ^c  

^a Premier Sport Psychology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Eating disorders; Female athletes

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; LAXATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; EATING DISORDER; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; SWIMMING; UNITED STATES; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; DIURETICS; EATING DISORDERS; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; LAXATIVES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; SWIMMING; UNITED STATES; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859253417     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2012.10599833     Document Type: Article

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