Nutritional Aspects of Amenorrhea in the Female Athlete Triad

1996 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan E. Benson ◽  
Kathryn A. Engelbert-Fenton ◽  
Patricia A. Eisenman
Keyword(s):  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Athletic Training ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
Menstrual Dysfunction ◽  
Disordered Eating Behaviors ◽  
Bone Injury ◽  
High Incidence ◽  
Fat Stores ◽  
Menstrual Patterns

Female athletes experience a high incidence of menstrual abnormalities. This has critical health consequences because amenorrhea athletes are at greater risk of developing osteopenia and bone injury compared to normally menstruating athletes or nonathletic normally cycling females. Female performers and athletes are also at risk for developing disordered eating behaviors. There appears to be a connection between menstrual dysfunction, athletic training, and disordered eating, but how they relate is not fully understood. In this paper we explore how low calorie intakes, nutritional inadequacies, vegetarianism, low body fat stores, and specific training behaviors may contribute to the abnormal menstrual patterns seen in this population. Recommendations for the detection and prevention of eating and training problems and consequent menstrual abnormalities are included.

Cognitive Mapping: Its Use as an Assessment Tool for Disordered Eating

1999 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-72
Author(s):  
Kristin L. Wiginton ◽  
Deborah Rhea
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Cognitive Mapping ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Mental Representations ◽  
Disordered Eating Behaviors ◽  
Preventive Practices ◽  
The Impact

The incidence of eating disorders among female athletes continues to increase, presenting intervention challenges to athletic trainers. Additionally, a number of female athletes have disordered eating behaviors that do not yet constitute an eating disorder diagnosis, but have similar characteristics to those athletes diagonised with eating disorders. However, each athlete exhibits individual mental representations of disordered eating and the impact of those representations on important aspects of her life. The athletic trainer has the potential to offer comprehensive preventive education when all aspects of the athlete’s own understanding of disordered eating are assessed. Cognitive mapping is an assessment technique that can be used in addition to other preventive practices and can be useful in determining an athlete’s current mental representations of disordered eating.

scholarly journals A Qualitative Exploration of Sport and Social Pressures on Elite Athletes in Relation to Disordered Eating

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Stoyel ◽  
Russell Delderfield ◽  
Vaithehy Shanmuganathan-Felton ◽  
Alex Stoyel ◽  
Lucy Serpell
Keyword(s):  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
Complex Interaction ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Disordered Eating Behaviors ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Social Messages ◽  
Societal Expectations ◽  
Qualitative Exploration

Introduction: Athletes are at increased risk of disordered eating compared to non-athletes. Inspired by previous investigation into quantitative work on an etiological model of disordered eating in athletes, the current study aimed to explore a problematic aspect of the model: athletes' lived experiences of social and sport pressures in relation to the onset of disordered eating and differing eating behaviors.Methods: Nine (N = 9) male and female athletes representing a range of endurance sports took part in semi-structured interviews. Thematic analysis was utilized.Analysis: Analysis revealed two main themes each with two corresponding subthemes (1) Conflating physical appearance and sporting ability with the subthemes of (1a) social comparison in a sporting world and (1b) societal notions of “the athlete body” and (2) Living as an athlete with the corresponding subthemes of (2a) discipline and sacrifice and (2b) the balancing act.Discussion: It is the complex interaction between societal expectations as lived out in social messages and comparisons, and sport pressures that contributes to the development of disordered eating behaviors. These findings suggest that prevention and treatment of disordered eating in athletes can be applied from those already established in non-sporting realm.

Hierarchical Model of Disordered Eating Behaviors in Female Athletes

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin E. Schweers ◽  
Gretchen L. Doninger ◽  
Sarah R. Villiers ◽  
Victoria L. Burns ◽  
Jacqueline L. Perry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Hierarchical Model ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
Disordered Eating Behaviors

Counseling Female Athletes: Application of the Stages of Change Model to Avoid Disordered Eating, Amenorrhea, and Osteoporosis

2001 ◽  
Vol 88 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1153-1160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha Bass ◽  
Lori Turner ◽  
Sharon Hunt
Keyword(s):  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Athletic Training ◽  
Stages Of Change ◽  
Sports Medicine ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
Addictive Behaviors ◽  
Body Images ◽  
Menstrual Dysfunction ◽  
Inadequate Nutrition ◽  
Disordered Eating Patterns

Research indicates that female athletes from all sports are at risk for developing disordered eating, amenorrhea, and resulting complications. These disorders, termed the female athlete triad by the American College of Sports Medicine, may lead to significant morbidity and mortality as well as medical and psychological problems When female athletes feel pressured to fit a specific physical image, they may develop distorted body images and show disordered eating patterns. Menstrual dysfunction and premature osteoporosis may result from inadequate nutrition combined with excessive athletic training. Health professionals play important roles in prevention and treatment of these problematic behaviors. This paper examined the stages of the change behavior model and its use in addictive behaviors and provides theoretical applications of this model to reducing harmful behaviors in female athletes.

Anxiety of young female athletes with disordered eating behaviors

2007 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erdal Vardar ◽  
Selma Arzu Vardar ◽  
Cem Kurt
Keyword(s):  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
Young Female ◽  
Disordered Eating Behaviors

Prevalence of Disordered Eating Behaviors Among Male Collegiate Athletes

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trent A. Petrie ◽  
Christy Greenleaf ◽  
Justine Reel ◽  
Jennifer E. Carter
Keyword(s):  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Collegiate Athletes ◽  
Disordered Eating Behaviors

Eating Perfect: Associations Between Perfectionism and Disordered Eating Behaviors

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela K. Montfort ◽  
Sarah McLaulin ◽  
Gregory L. Brack ◽  
Kathleen Mckinney Clark ◽  
Jeffrey S. Ashby
Keyword(s):  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Disordered Eating Behaviors

Depression and disordered eating behaviors: The role of emotion regulation difficulties

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice B. Prefit ◽  
◽  
Aurora Szentagotai-Tătar ◽  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Disordered Eating Behaviors
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