Fridén Cecilia, Ekenros Linda, Hirschberg Angelica Lindén, von Rosen Philip
Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences, and Society, Division of Physiotherapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.
Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Int J Sports Med. 2023 Dec;44(14):1086-1092. doi: 10.1055/a-2160-1615. Epub 2023 Oct 17.
Exposure to critical body weight comments in youth athletes could lead to decreased self-esteem, affect body image, and increase the risk of eating disorders and cause depressive symptoms. The aim was to explore differences between sex, body mass index, sports type, with regards to body weight satisfaction, exposure to critical body weight comments from their coach and nutrition status in adolescent elite athletes. A questionnaire about body weight, critical body weight comments and nutrition was distributed to 489 adolescent elite athletes and injury prevalence was monitored across 20 weeks. The results showed that almost one in four athletes (n=116, 24%) was not satisfied with their weight and 12% (n=59) had received critical body weight comments from their coach. Of the athletes who were unsatisfied with their body weight (n=116), 47% wanted to lose weight (n=55). A significant (p<0.05) higher proportion of ice hockey players and swimmers used nutritional supplements, were unsatisfied with their body weight, and were more exposed to critical body weight comments compared to athletes from other sports. Adolescent elite athletes as young as 15-16 years old are exposed to critical body weight comments from their coach and experience challenges with body weight satisfaction that is partly dependent on the sport-specific context.
青少年运动员接触到关于体重的批评性言论可能会导致自尊下降、影响身体形象、增加饮食失调风险并引发抑郁症状。本研究旨在探讨青少年精英运动员在体重满意度、来自教练的关于体重的批评性言论暴露情况以及营养状况方面，性别、体重指数、运动类型之间的差异。向489名青少年精英运动员发放了一份关于体重、体重批评性言论和营养的问卷，并在20周内监测了受伤发生率。结果显示，近四分之一的运动员（n = 116，24%）对自己的体重不满意，12%（n = 59）收到过教练关于体重的批评性言论。在对自己体重不满意的运动员（n = 116）中，47%（n = 55）想减肥。与其他运动项目的运动员相比，冰球运动员和游泳运动员使用营养补充剂的比例显著更高（p < 0.05），对自己的体重不满意，且更多地接触到关于体重的批评性言论。年仅15 - 16岁的青少年精英运动员会受到教练关于体重的批评性言论影响，并且在体重满意度方面面临挑战，这在一定程度上取决于特定运动背景。
