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GWSS 262 – FINAL NOTES PT 5
1) Lecture: Health Risks, Eating Disorders, Body Image,
etc., AND Thompson and Sherman, “Athletes, Athletic
Performance, and Eating Disorders: Healthier Alternatives
a. The Women’s Sports Foundation study found that only 27% of teenage girl
athletes saw themselves as overweight, but 60% of them exhibited dieting
behavior. The researchers were puzzled by this disjuncture between body
image and behavior and they proposed three reasons in their report for why
this discrepancy may exist. What is one of those reasons?
oAttempts to enhance performance by decreasing weight or body fat can place
an athlete at increased risk for developing an eating disorder
oAthlete body stereotypes
oSymptoms vs. desired characteristics
Normalizing amenorrhea within athletes even though it’s a diagnostic
criteria for anorexia nervosa
“by-product” of being an athlete
Diagnostic criteria for bulimia nervosa = excessive exercise as an
inappropriate compensatory behavior
Excessive exercise in athletes might more often be viewed
positively by coaches as a willingness to work harder than
other athletes
b. What category of sports did Thompson and Sherman find to be extremely
risky for athletes who may already be prone to eating disorders? Why are
they so risky?
oSports that emphasize a THIN shape or SMALL SIZE for the purposes of
appearance and/or performance
Gymnastics
Distance running
Swimming
Diving
Ballet
Figure skating
Synchronized swimming
Any sport requiring the body to show or where the score is based
subjectively on how you look
oThese sports are at most risk because of the pressure that’s put on the athletes
to diet and maintain a thin/small shape
c. (Know this ) The three parts of the Female Athlete Triad are:
1) lack of nutrition due to disordered eating (or just overtraining and
undereating);
2) amenorrhea (the loss of consecutive periods);
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1) etc. , and thompson and sherman, athletes, athletic. Performance, and eating disorders: healthier alternatives : the women"s sports foundation study found that only 27% of teenage girl athletes saw themselves as overweight, but 60% of them exhibited dieting behavior. The researchers were puzzled by this disjuncture between body image and behavior and they proposed three reasons in their report for why this discrepancy may exist. What is one of those reasons: attempts to enhance performance by decreasing weight or body fat can place an athlete at increased risk for developing an eating disorder, athlete body stereotypes, symptoms vs. desired characteristics. Normalizing amenorrhea within athletes even though it"s a diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa. Diagnostic criteria for bulimia nervosa = excessive exercise as an inappropriate compensatory behavior. Why are they so risky: sports that emphasize a thin shape or small size for the purposes of appearance and/or performance.