The association between sport type and eating/body image concerns in high school students: a cross-sectional observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Disordered eating and body image concerns are increasingly common among adolescents, possibly representing the underpinning of eating disorders (EDs). This cross-sectional observational study aimed at investigating the relationship between various patterns of sports involvement or inactivity, and the abovementioned psychopathological dimensions.

Methods

All adolescents attending their 3rd-5th Italian grade in a single high school reported their sociodemographic and anthropometric data, their weekly sports involvement, and filled the Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire 6.0 (EDE-Q), the Body Uneasiness Test, and the Muscle Dysmorphia Disorder Inventory (for boys). Comparisons were performed considering sex, weekly hours of activity, and different sports type (no

SUBMITTER: D'Anna G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10191999 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature