In studies it has been proven that athletes are more prone to eating disorders than non-athletes. Athletes use a tremendous energy that the body tends to want to eat more or not enough. All athletes need to keep a watch on how much they eat because an unhealthy diet could lead to poor performance, injuries, or worst of all, cause death. Athletes need to eat enough healthy food for the body to correctly function at full potential and have great performance.
The body, like a car, cannot work without gas. The body needs sufficient healthy food to work. Counseling is very useful on making wise food choices for athletes which will allow the athlete to make good habits on eating healthy. If the athlete realizes that he/she has an eating disorder then the athlete needs to get treatment or help as soon as possible, the treatment is very effective. Identifying an eating disorder can be overlooked if it is not being searched for. Eating disorders include anorexia nervosa. Anorexia nervosa is a lack or loss of appetite for food. Some athletic sports on average with athletes end up having anorexia nervosa from eating disorders. Athletes with anorexia nervosa try not to eat because they have an obsession with losing weight and staying skinny, it is an emotional state of the body which is mainly found in females. If athletes are not eating enough healthy diets and go untreated, then the eating disorder can turn into a long lasting effect. Untreated eating disorders in athletes have long lasting effects in physiological and psychological effects and could be fatal. Eating disorders also include bulimia nervosa. Bulimia nervosa is an emotional disorder involving distortion of the body image, in which bouts of extreme overeating are followed by depression and self-induced vomiting, purging, or fasting. Information on the prevalence of athletic eating disorders is limited and equivocal. Females are most-likely to have eating disorders due to research less than one percent up to seventy five percent have some type of eating disorder. Eating disorders increase when the sport is weight dependant with females. In today 's society most females deal with losing weight trying to stay “skinny” and not eat enough, adding the fact of playing a sport makes the eating disorder situation worse. Research on male athletes eating disorders varies from none to fifty seven percent. Athlete males have a lower rate for eating disorders because on average, males are doing something physically active and always staying fit. Females have a higher eating disorder just because of the fact that they try to stay “skinny” and not gain weight. Females or males need to take into consideration of eating plenty and eating healthy diets if he/she is going to be an athlete. The risk factors are so much more greater for athletes then the average human population. …show more content…
Psychological, biological, and social factors are implicated in the development of an eating disorder (Garner et al). The reason why factors for eating disorders are more greater for athletes is because the extra stress on the body physically demands more energy. The only way for humans to obtain energy is by eating food, best energy source is from healty food. It is proven that eating disorders are more pronounced in elite athletes. In the addition to the pressure to lose weight, athletes are often pressured by time, and they may have to lose weight rapidly to lose weight to make or stay on the team (Sundgot-Borgen). The results of this, athletes often experience periods of dieting or weight cycling. The forcing of losing weight and bad dieting is a big lead on why athletes can get eating disorders so easily. The pressure of losing weight for a sport is the sum up of the increase of prevalence with eating disorders among athletes. All this results in injuries, or worst of all, death. Eating disorders in athletes can lead to serious medical issues that can be temporary, or permanent. Anorexia nervosa can occur to be a direct result of starvation. research has shown that the mortality rate of anorexia nervosa are from less than one percent to as high as eighteen percent in the human population, what does that say about athletes since athletes have a greater chance of get a eating disorder from not eating correctly? Athletes run a greater
The body, like a car, cannot work without gas. The body needs sufficient healthy food to work. Counseling is very useful on making wise food choices for athletes which will allow the athlete to make good habits on eating healthy. If the athlete realizes that he/she has an eating disorder then the athlete needs to get treatment or help as soon as possible, the treatment is very effective. Identifying an eating disorder can be overlooked if it is not being searched for. Eating disorders include anorexia nervosa. Anorexia nervosa is a lack or loss of appetite for food. Some athletic sports on average with athletes end up having anorexia nervosa from eating disorders. Athletes with anorexia nervosa try not to eat because they have an obsession with losing weight and staying skinny, it is an emotional state of the body which is mainly found in females. If athletes are not eating enough healthy diets and go untreated, then the eating disorder can turn into a long lasting effect. Untreated eating disorders in athletes have long lasting effects in physiological and psychological effects and could be fatal. Eating disorders also include bulimia nervosa. Bulimia nervosa is an emotional disorder involving distortion of the body image, in which bouts of extreme overeating are followed by depression and self-induced vomiting, purging, or fasting. Information on the prevalence of athletic eating disorders is limited and equivocal. Females are most-likely to have eating disorders due to research less than one percent up to seventy five percent have some type of eating disorder. Eating disorders increase when the sport is weight dependant with females. In today 's society most females deal with losing weight trying to stay “skinny” and not eat enough, adding the fact of playing a sport makes the eating disorder situation worse. Research on male athletes eating disorders varies from none to fifty seven percent. Athlete males have a lower rate for eating disorders because on average, males are doing something physically active and always staying fit. Females have a higher eating disorder just because of the fact that they try to stay “skinny” and not gain weight. Females or males need to take into consideration of eating plenty and eating healthy diets if he/she is going to be an athlete. The risk factors are so much more greater for athletes then the average human population. …show more content…
Psychological, biological, and social factors are implicated in the development of an eating disorder (Garner et al). The reason why factors for eating disorders are more greater for athletes is because the extra stress on the body physically demands more energy. The only way for humans to obtain energy is by eating food, best energy source is from healty food. It is proven that eating disorders are more pronounced in elite athletes. In the addition to the pressure to lose weight, athletes are often pressured by time, and they may have to lose weight rapidly to lose weight to make or stay on the team (Sundgot-Borgen). The results of this, athletes often experience periods of dieting or weight cycling. The forcing of losing weight and bad dieting is a big lead on why athletes can get eating disorders so easily. The pressure of losing weight for a sport is the sum up of the increase of prevalence with eating disorders among athletes. All this results in injuries, or worst of all, death. Eating disorders in athletes can lead to serious medical issues that can be temporary, or permanent. Anorexia nervosa can occur to be a direct result of starvation. research has shown that the mortality rate of anorexia nervosa are from less than one percent to as high as eighteen percent in the human population, what does that say about athletes since athletes have a greater chance of get a eating disorder from not eating correctly? Athletes run a greater