Nutritional Issues of Adolescents

Athletics and the Body Image Mania

Bibliographic Data

ID11670739
AuthorsBetty Ruth Carruth (University of Tennessee at Knoxville, corresponding author), Dena Goldberg (0000-0002-1805-8839, University of Tennessee at Knoxville), Dena L Goldberg (University of Tennessee at Knoxville)
Year1990
Volume10
Issue2
Pages122-140
Publication date1990-05-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Early Adolescence (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0272-4316 • E-ISSN: 1552-5449
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0272431690102002
OpenAlexW2036031486
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited78

Many adolescent athletes are potentially at risk for inadequate nutritional intake and abnormal eating patterns because of their desire to manipulate body weight for enhancing performance and their vulnerability to food fads and fallacies. Based on reported studies, adolescent athletes, especially females, consume inadequate diets, score low on nutrition knowledge tests, and/or hold misperceptions about general nutrition, especially practices recommended for adolescent athletes. Nonathletic female adolescents who are very preoccupied with body size and shape are also at risk for developing disordered eating patterns. This article presents methods used by female adolescents to attain society's ideal thin female physique and discusses the potential risks to normal growth and development. Ways are suggested that professionals working with adolescents may use to hopefully reduce the risk factors of inadequate nutrition and the development of disordered eating patterns

Athletes · Computer security · Developmental psychology · Disordered eating · Eating disorders · Environmental health · Food intake · Physical therapy · Vulnerability (computing · Clinical Psychology · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Medicine · Muscle metabolism and nutrition · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology · Endocrinology

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