Anorexia In Sports

Anorexia is defined as an unhealthy eating behaviour in which one does to change or maintain their body weight (Filaire et al., 2007; Holm-Denoma et al., 2009). In which it involves behaviors such as making themselves vomit, restricting their calorie intake, as well as the use of laxatives to cause weight loss. (Torstveit et al., 2008; Fortes & Ferreira, 2011). It is suggested that within sport, female athletes are more likely to be affected by eating disorders than that of men due to extrinsic factors such as coaches and media. (De Bruin et al, 2009) identifies that female athletes are more vulnerable to believing in restricting their daily food intake due to being pressured and influenced by coaches to obtain better results, this is especially recognized within sports that require aesthetic projects. This is also suggested by another article in which it states there is often a development of concern to one’s body shape due to female athletes comparing their degree of fatness to that of other, more successful female athletes. In which is also facilitated by coaches’ recommendations dieting or over excessive exercise for females to lose weight. (Sudi et al., 2004). Therefore, it can be seen …show more content…
The type of sport also plays an influential role in the likeliness of an athlete developing an eating disorder and thus lead to symptoms of anorexia. It is stated in one of the articles that females especially will often attempt to lose weight in order to reach, what they class ‘the ideal body weight’ for their specific sport, in which leads to females becoming concerned with their body weight and thus result in disordered