In: Anatomy and Physiology
Which category of sport is notat high risk for eating disorders?
a. appearance-conscious sports
b. endurance sports
c. weight-classification sports
d. team sports
Ans:- d) team sports.
because in teams sports the imphasis and stress on individual players are less in comparison to individual sports like
appearance-conscious sports
b. endurance sports
c. weight-classification sports.
So there are less cortisone level (dwhich is mainly responsible for obesity) and less performance pressure and apperence pressure.
There is strong and consistent evidence that eating disorders are prevalent in sport and especially in weight sensitive sports such as endurance, weight category and aesthetic sports as well as jumping events. .
endurance sports such as long-distance running, leanness is related to performance for obvious physiological reasons. Runners who are several kilogrammes over their optimum performance weight will perform less well. Secondly, in weight category sports such as judo, boxing and wrestling, athletes will not be allowed to compete if their weight is above the upper limit for that category.
in sports such as gymnastics and high board diving, an aesthetic evaluation is attached to a particular body composition which is then promoted and encouraged in competitors