Overturning Eating Disorder: A Continuous Threat to Athletes

Good competition involves critical moments, which determine who wins and loses. Athletes face a lot of stress and may cause eating disorders such as bulimia or anorexia. In some sports, athletes need to have a certain weight to participate in the competition. Gymnasts, dancers and figure skaters have the highest incidence of eating disorders because their movements focus on appearance.

Most athletes believe that to win the game and succeed, their bodies must be thin. When this belief becomes a skewed and disordered diet, this can lead to poor performance because the athlete does not get the proper nutrition that the body needs. Those closest to athletes with eating disorders do not recognize signs of anorexia and bulimia, or do not believe that athletes will abuse themselves.

In addition to the physical effects of eating disorders, there are psychological factors. As a former competitive gymnast, meeting the pressure and pressure of a certain scale has become a challenge. I started to exercise for five to eight hours a day, eating once or twice a week, and starting to see what I was eating and drinking. The review from competitors, coaches and judges put me in a dominant position, and I often wonder if my size is more important than my performance.

All athletes are striving for perfection, and every effort is made even if their lives are at risk. To illustrate this point, one of my competitors began to lose weight after being told that they needed to lose a few pounds and eventually become binge eating without proper nutrition advice. Anorexia and bulimia also plague American gymnast "Christy Henrich." Along the way, a judge told Henrik that she was too fat to succeed or succeed in gymnastics. In order to counter her negative psychological point of view, she began to diet extremely and eventually suffered from eating disorders. She died of multiple organ failure at the age of 22 and weighed only 47 pounds.

Precise positioning of external signs of anorexia and bulimia is the first step in saving the lives of loved ones. Some of these signs include:

Anorexia:

Excessive weight loss
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  Always thinking about food, calories and weight
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  Wearing layered clothes
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  Mood swing
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  Avoid food activities

Gluttony:

Excessive weight loss or increase
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  Excessive worry about your weight
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  Go to the bathroom after dinner
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  Depression
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  Overeating, then drinking
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  Always criticizing your body

Eating disorders can be fatal if left untreated. To learn more about these two eating disorders or to find a health care provider for anorexia or bulimia, visit http://www.iTriageHealth.com or download iTriage for your smartphone.

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