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
Subjects:	COVID-19 Athlete Sport Retired athlete Eating disorder Body image
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-021-00427-3

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spelling	doaj-11fe7b608b7c420d9e0665351a2c7c5a2021-06-27T11:25:05ZengBMCJournal of Eating Disorders2050-29742021-06-019111610.1186/s40337-021-00427-3Disordered 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?Georgina Louise Buckley0Linden Elizabeth Hall1Annie-Claude M. Lassemillante2Regina Belski3Department of Nursing and Allied Health, Swinburne University of TechnologyVictorian Institute of SportDepartment of Nursing and Allied Health, Swinburne University of TechnologyDepartment of Nursing and Allied Health, Swinburne University of TechnologyPlain 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, control, binge eating, dietary restriction and fear of body composition change. This study offers suggestions on how to best support current and former athletes through COVID-19 transitions, further relating these findings to athletic transitions such as retirement, injury, pregnancy and illness.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-021-00427-3COVID-19AthleteSportRetired athleteEating disorderBody image
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author_facet	Georgina Louise Buckley Linden Elizabeth Hall Annie-Claude M. Lassemillante Regina Belski
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title	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?
title_short	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?
title_full	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?
title_fullStr	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?
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title_sort	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?
publisher	BMC
series	Journal of Eating Disorders
issn	2050-2974
publishDate	2021-06-01
description	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, control, binge eating, dietary restriction and fear of body composition change. This study offers suggestions on how to best support current and former athletes through COVID-19 transitions, further relating these findings to athletic transitions such as retirement, injury, pregnancy and illness.
topic	COVID-19 Athlete Sport Retired athlete Eating disorder Body image
url	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-021-00427-3
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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?

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