TY - JOUR
T1 - Eating behavior and reasons for exercise among competitive collegiate male athletes
AU - Gorrell, Sasha
AU - Nagata, Jason M.
AU - Hill, Katherine Bell
AU - Carlson, Jennifer L.
AU - Shain, Alana Frost
AU - Wilson, Jenny
AU - Alix Timko, C.
AU - Hardy, Kristina K.
AU - Lock, James
AU - Peebles, Rebecka
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2021/2
Y1 - 2021/2
N2 - Purpose: Research concerning eating disorders among adolescent and young adult male athletes is limited compared with female counterparts, but increasing evidence indicates that they may be at unique risk for unhealthy exercise and eating behavior. The current study aimed to characterize unhealthy exercise and eating behavior according to competitive athlete status, as well as per sport type. Method: Collegiate male athletes (N = 611), each affiliated with one of the 10 National College Athletics Association (NCAA) Division I schools in the United States, completed an online survey, reporting on eating and extreme weight control behaviors, and reasons for exercise. Results: Competitive athletes endorsed increased driven exercise and exercising when sick. Baseball players, cyclists, and wrestlers emerged as the sports with the most players reporting elevated Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire scores in a clinical range, and basketball players reported the highest rates of binge eating. overall, baseball players, cyclists, rowers, and wrestlers appeared to demonstrate the greatest vulnerability for unhealthy eating and exercise behavior. Conclusion: Findings revealed differences between competitive and non-competitive male athletes. Among competitive athletes, results identified unique risk for unhealthy eating and exercise behavior across a variety of sport categories and support continued examination of these attitudes and behaviors in a nuanced manner. Level II: Evidence obtained from well-designed controlled trials without randomization.
AB - Purpose: Research concerning eating disorders among adolescent and young adult male athletes is limited compared with female counterparts, but increasing evidence indicates that they may be at unique risk for unhealthy exercise and eating behavior. The current study aimed to characterize unhealthy exercise and eating behavior according to competitive athlete status, as well as per sport type. Method: Collegiate male athletes (N = 611), each affiliated with one of the 10 National College Athletics Association (NCAA) Division I schools in the United States, completed an online survey, reporting on eating and extreme weight control behaviors, and reasons for exercise. Results: Competitive athletes endorsed increased driven exercise and exercising when sick. Baseball players, cyclists, and wrestlers emerged as the sports with the most players reporting elevated Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire scores in a clinical range, and basketball players reported the highest rates of binge eating. overall, baseball players, cyclists, rowers, and wrestlers appeared to demonstrate the greatest vulnerability for unhealthy eating and exercise behavior. Conclusion: Findings revealed differences between competitive and non-competitive male athletes. Among competitive athletes, results identified unique risk for unhealthy eating and exercise behavior across a variety of sport categories and support continued examination of these attitudes and behaviors in a nuanced manner. Level II: Evidence obtained from well-designed controlled trials without randomization.
KW - Adolescent male
KW - Competitive male athletes
KW - Compulsive exercise
KW - Eating disorders
KW - Male athletes
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U2 - 10.1007/s40519-019-00819-0
DO - 10.1007/s40519-019-00819-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 31782028
AN - SCOPUS:85075936836
SN - 1124-4909
VL - 26
SP - 75
EP - 83
JO - Eating and Weight Disorders
JF - Eating and Weight Disorders
IS - 1
ER -