Weight-control behaviour and weight-concerns in young elite athletes - a systematic review

Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Werner, Anne ^a   Thiel, Ansgar ^b   Schneider, Sven ^c   Mayer, Jochen ^b   Giel, Katrin E ^a   Zipfel, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL FACULTY MANNHEIM HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Leanness sports; Weight concern; Weight control behaviour; Young elite athlete

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; BODY WEIGHT; EATING DISORDER; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT FLUCTUATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84930149382     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20502974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2050-2974-1-18     Document Type: Review

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