Eating Disorders and Figure Skaters Brief piece on possible dangers of anorexia in figure skating. Reverse Anorexia in Bodybuilders One growing sport, bodybuilding, now has the sixth largest sports federation and has come to the attention of researchers. I know that the prevalence of disordered eating is 62 percent or more and that athletes in swimming, gymnastics, dance and figure skating are at higher risk for development of eating disorders. The Perfect Ballet Body Jill Cheever had everything going for her. At five feet three inches tall and 105 pounds, the petite blonde had a jubilant personality that infected everyone around her.
Body image produces a distorted picture It can happen at the highest level.
Sports help girls avoid sex, study says Young female athletes are more likely to be virgins, and those who aren't virgins begin sex at a later age, have sex less often, have fewer sex partners and are more likely to use contraceptives than female non-athletes. The same cannot be said for male athletes, according to a study released Wednesday by the Women's Sports Foundation. Weight and diet concerns in Finnish female and male athletes. The results confirmed that the risk for eating disorders is dependent on the type of sport. The claim that some female athlete groups are at greater risk than controls did not receive evidence.