Athletes with Eating Disorders: Tips for Coaches, Parents, Friends & Teammates
Posted March 14th, 2008 at 10:30 AM by Katie Drummond
Section: News & Results, Health & Fitness, Exercise, Weight Loss
Eating disorders can be devastating to not only teams but also to families. Coaches and parents alike want their athletes to eat well and be healthy. The struggling athletes just want people to stop policing their eating and exercise. The athletes have difficulty talking about why they struggle with food; they instead communicate unhappiness by starving or stuffing their bodies. This distracts them from the pain of feeling “not good enough” and other hard feelings.
Unfortunately, too many athletes struggle with food issues. A survey of more than 400 female collegiate athletes indicated they typically believed their bodies were not good enough and wanted to lose five pounds.
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Tags: athlete eating disorders, athlete fueling, athlete nutrition, athletic health, collegiate athletes, david herzog, eating disorders, female athlete triad, female athletes, female collegiate athletes, her active life, heractivelife.com, Nancy Clark, sports nutrition, womens health
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