Energy Availability with or without Eating Disorder Risk in Collegiate Female Athletes and Performing Artists.
Energy Availability with or without Eating Disorder Risk in Collegiate Female Athletes and Performing Artists.
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大学女运动员和表演艺术家有或没有饮食失调风险的能量可用性。
DOI：
10.4085/jat0502-20
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发表时间：
2020
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Nancy A. Uriegas
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作者：
T. Torres;Dawn M. Emerson;K. Pritchett;E. M. Moore;Allison B. Smith;Nancy A. Uriegas
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CONTEXT
Female athletes/performing artists can present with low energy availability (LEA) either through unintentional (e.g., inadvertent undereating) or intentional methods (e.g., eating disorder [ED]). While LEA and ED risk have been examined independently, little research has examined these simultaneously. Awareness of LEA with or without ED risk may provide clinicians with innovative prevention and intervention strategies.
OBJECTIVE
To examine LEA with or without ED risk (e.g., eating attitudes, pathogenic behaviors) in female collegiate athletes/performing artists.
DESIGN
Cross-sectional and descriptive.
SETTING
Free-living in sport-specific settings.
PARTICIPANTS
Collegiate female athletes/performing artist (n=121; age: 19.8±2.0 years; height: 168.9±7.7 cm; weight: 63.6±9.26 kg) in equestrian (n=28), volleyball (n=12), softball (n=17), beach volleyball (n=18), ballet (n=26) and soccer (n=20) participated in this study.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES
Anthropometric measurements (height, weight, body composition), resting metabolic rate, energy intake, total daily energy expenditure, exercise energy expenditure, Eating Disorder Inventory-3 (EDI-3), and EDI-3 Symptom Checklist were assessed. Chi-square analysis examined differences between LEA and sport type, LEA and ED risk, ED risk and sport type, and pathogenic behaviors and sport type.
RESULTS
Female athletes/performing artists (81%; n=98) displayed LEA and significant differences were found between LEA and sport type (χ25=43.8, P<.01). Female athletes/performing artists (76.0%; n=92) presented with ED risk with no significant difference between ED risk and sport. EDI-3 Symptom Checklist revealed 61.2% (n=74) engaged in pathogenic behaviors, with dieting the most common (51.2%; n=62). Athletes/performing artist displayed LEA with ED risk (76.0%; n=92). No significant differences were found between LEA with ED risk and sport. Softball was the highest with 82.4% (n=14) reporting LEA with ED risk followed by ballet (76%; n=19).
CONCLUSION
Our results suggest a large proportion of collegiate female athletes/performing artists are at risk for LEA with ED risk, thus warranting education, identification, prevention, and intervention strategies relative to fueling for performance.