Comparison of eating disorders symptoms and body image between individual and team sport adolescent athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract Background COVID-19 has significantly disrupted the routines of school sports for adolescent athletes, which can affect their usual eating behaviors and body image. Specific pressures of individual sports (which tend to emphasize “leanness” as a means to improving performance), versus team...

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Main Authors: Morteza Homayounnia Firoozjah, Shahnaz Shahrbanian, Alireza Homayouni, Heather Hower
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-08-01
Series:Journal of Eating Disorders
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-022-00644-4