Eating attitudes: The extent and risks of disordered eating among amateur athletes from various sports in Gauteng, South Africa.

Rudolph L van Niekerk Melissa Card

Published in: The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa (2018)

Indicators of eating disorder risk among club-level amateur athletes are gender, binge eating, vomiting and using laxatives to control weight. These behaviours predominately found in female athletes seem to put them at a greater risk of developing an eating disorder.

Keyphrases

south africa
weight loss
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mental health
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body mass index
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