Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens , Athens , Greece.
Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University , Nottingham , UK.
Eur J Sport Sci. 2019 Oct;19(9):1267-1275. doi: 10.1080/17461391.2019.1587520. Epub 2019 Mar 17.
The purpose of the study was to assess (a) the prevalence of disordered eating (DE) in elite female team sports players compared to non-athletes and (b) to compare DE prevalence in elite female players in basketball, volleyball and water polo. One hundred and seventy-five females were recruited (age 23.10 ± 5.4, BMI 21.85 ± 2.3 kg/m), 53 were elite basketball players, 42 were elite volleyball players, 34 were elite water polo players and 46 were non-athletes. Participants completed the Eating Disorders Questionnaire (EDE-Q) and a physical activity questionnaire. The EDE-Q incorporates 36 statements which relate to the occurrence and frequency of key behaviours of eating disorders, under the following four subscales: Restraint, eating concern, shape concern and weight concern and a global score of disordered eating. No differences were found in the EDE-Q subscale score and global score between athletes and non-athletes. Only 6.2% of the total number of participants exhibited DE using the global score >2.3. Water polo players had significantly higher scores in the 'eating concern' subscale and in the frequency of key behavioural features of DE such as binge eating episodes and objective and subjective bulimic episodes, compared to volleyball and basketball players. In conclusion, team sport elite female players do not exhibit greater prevalence of DE compared to non-athletes. Water polo, a sport that emphasises leanness and control of body weight for international distinctions, is associated with a higher tendency to exhibit DE, when compared to other team sports.
（a）与非运动员相比，精英女子团队运动运动员中饮食失调（DE）的患病率；（b）比较篮球、排球和水球中精英女性运动员的 DE 患病率。招募了 175 名女性（年龄 23.10±5.4，BMI 21.85±2.3kg/m），其中 53 名是精英篮球运动员，42 名是精英排球运动员，34 名是精英水球运动员，46 名是非运动员。参与者完成了饮食失调问卷（EDE-Q）和身体活动问卷。EDE-Q 包含 36 个陈述，涉及饮食失调的关键行为的发生和频率，分为以下四个分量表：克制、饮食关注、体型关注和体重关注以及饮食失调的整体评分。运动员和非运动员之间的 EDE-Q 分量表评分和整体评分没有差异。只有 6.2%的参与者总人数的全球得分>2.3 表现出 DE。与排球和篮球运动员相比，水球运动员在“饮食关注”分量表和饮食失调的关键行为特征的频率（如暴食发作以及客观和主观的暴食发作）方面的得分明显更高。总之，与非运动员相比，团队运动精英女性运动员并没有表现出更高的 DE 患病率。水球是一项强调瘦身和控制体重以获得国际认可的运动，与其他团队运动相比，它表现出更高的 DE 倾向。
