Pathogenic weight-control behaviors of young competitive swimmers
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| Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Pathogenes Gewichtskontroll-Verhalten bei jungen Wettkampfschwimmern |
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| Autor: | Dummer, Gail M.; Rosen, Lionel W.; Heusner, William W.; Roberts, Pamela J.; Counsilman, James E. |
| Erschienen in: | The physician and sportsmedicine |
| Veröffentlicht: | 15 (1987), 5, S. 75-86, Lit. |
| Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
| Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
| Medienart: | Gedruckte Ressource |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| ISSN: | 0091-3847, 2326-3660 |
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| Erfassungsnummer: | PU198706030459 |
| Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract
To study the use of weight-modification techniques by young swimmers, data were collected from 487 girls and 468 boys, aged 9 to 18, at a competitive swimming camp. The survey revealed that (1) many young swimmers had misperceptions about their body weights, with girls particularly likely to misperceive themselves as overweighs; (2) swimmers decisions to lose or gain weight were based on their perceptions more than on their actual weights; (3) opinions of others strongly influenced swimmers of the girls (24.8 of postmenarcheal girls) and 3.6 of the boys used pathogenic weight-loss techniques. The swimmers concerns about weight seemed to be more related to societal influences than to the demands of their sport. Verf.-Referat