Disordered eating and eating disorders in aquatic sports

International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 450-459

  Melin, Anna ^a   Torstveit, Monica Klungland ^b   Burke, Louise ^c   Marks, Saul ^d   Sundgot Borgen, Jorunn ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Disordered eating continuum; Diving; Swimming; Synchronized swimming

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; AQUATIC SPORT; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIVING; DSM-5; EATING DISORDER; ENERGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE ATHLETE TRIAD; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; SWIMMING; ATHLETE; CALORIC INTAKE; COMPLICATION; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; MALE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SPORT;

ATHLETES; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; EATING DISORDERS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FEMALE ATHLETE TRIAD SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SPORTS; SPORTS NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SWIMMING;

EID: 84927963146     PISSN: 1526484X     EISSN: 15432742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijsnem.2014-0029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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