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Eating Disorders are common in older Athletes

发布时间:2017-04-10
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Eating disorders can be common among athletes. This may be due to the pressure of the sporting background that commonly precipitates the beginning of these problems. In this day and age certain obsessive behaviour such as extreme exercise and also erratic eating habits have become a normal part of society. Williamson et al suggests that( “Concern about an athletes body size and shape has become greater than ever before due to the pressure for thinness from coaches and also from athletic performance, and negative self appraisal of athletic achievement”)It has been suggested that the majority of successful athletes are strong minded, and set almost impossible targets for themselves and work long hard hours to achieve these targets. However these factors can bring on eating disorders that can often be found in anorexia and bulimic patients.

Disordered eating is possibly found in most sporting activities. The athletes most at risk from developing or indeed having an eating disorder are those who engage in sports that require certain characteristics. For instance gymnasts and also figure skaters are under extreme and constant pressure to preserve a chid like body. Chaotic eating disorders are prevalent in girl athletes but not so much in boy athletes. In 1992 the NCCA conducted a survey of athletes. The NCCA stated that( "93% of the programs reporting eating disorders were in women's sports") ("Dying to win" 1994 suggests that ” Some male athletes do use extreme methods for losing weight, but an important difference exists between these and the self-starvation strategies of anorexics)” For instance, a weight lifter's view of his body is not warped. When the weight lifter is not in competition he can regain the weight easily. This suggests that it is possible for the body to return to normal when the athletes sporting career comes to an end. But unfortunately this is not the case in females.

Eating disorders often happen to young girls who become obsessed with avoiding the progression of becoming a woman. These girls will go to extreme measures to keep a child like physic. This is what gymnastics are told they must do in order to stay in competition. Because of this it is a gymnastics biggest fear of developing a womanly shape that might obstruct their performance. Sundgot-Borgen 1994 states that(” this could provoke a conflict in which an athlete struggles to prevent or counter the natural physical changes precipitated by growth and maturity”) Many gymnasts have been training since early childhood. In taking part in such specific training before the body reaches maturity these girls risk losing out in a sport that they could do in adult hood when their gymnastic career ends.

The leading UK charity for people with eating disorders is called B-eat. This stands for beating eating disorders.

Beat surveyed 600 young people that suffer from an eating disorder's-eat results were:

  • Only 1 percent of children felt they could talk to their parents about there eating related concerns.
  • 9 percent of children felt they might be able to talk to someone at school.
  • 17 percent of children felt they might be able to talk to a doctor or nurse
  • 92 percent of children felt they couldn't tell anyone.

B-eat states that” currently the number of people receiving treatment for anorexia or bulimia to be near 90,000,while may more people have eating disorders undiagnosed”

If 92 percent of children feel that they could not tell anyone that they had an eating disorder then it is obvious that there is a need for young people to be educated about the dangers of eating disorders. There is also a need for counsellors or something similar to the Samaritans. So that children have the opportunity to talk about eating disorders to people who will not judge them. The will just listen and give advice if it is asked for.

Gymnasts more than most other athletes are aware about how their body image can mean winning or losing a competition. This is the main reason why gymnasts are more susceptible to eating disorders. The qualities that make a good gymnast such as high expectations, being compulsive and also striving to be the best are all key characteristics connected to eating disorders

These statistics suggest that there is a need for a well being programme targeting female gymnasts of secondary school age. In beat's survey 92% of children felt that they could not tell anyone that they have an eating disorder. In order to combat this discussion groups should take place on a monthly basis, as part of the gymnastic curriculum in local clubs such as the YMCA.The YMCA is part of the voluntary sector that rely mainly on good will donations and also club membership. It is a non-profit organisation.

Workshops are interactive activities could include the following areas:

Discussions & Activities on Self Esteem & Body Image: group discussion is a good way to get people to open up and discuss their ideas/feeling on the relevant subject. Open-ended questions tend to get the best response from people. Open-ended questions ask specific questions which cannot be answered with a simple "yes/no" or a specific piece of information.

Using a series of cards with different statements is a good way to help children open up and discuss their feeling. It is also a good way of getting children involved in self-esteem group activities.

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