Disordered eating & body image of current and former athletes in a pandemic; a convergent mixed methods study - What can we learn from COVID-19 to support athletes through transitions?

Plain English summary The current study looked to explore how current and former athletes’ disordered eating had been affected in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We found that disordered eating had worsened in both population groups and was described through increases to food preoccupation, contr...

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Main Authors: Georgina Louise Buckley, Linden Elizabeth Hall, Annie-Claude M. Lassemillante, Regina Belski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-06-01
Series:Journal of Eating Disorders
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-021-00427-3