Thiel A, Gottfried H, Hesse F W
Department of Psychiatry, University of Göttingen, Germany.
Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1993 Oct;88(4):259-65. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1993.tb03454.x.
This study investigated the possibility that male athletes who, owing to the rules of their sport, are pressured to maintain a low weight show an elevated prevalence of subclinical eating disorders. Twenty-five wrestlers and 59 rowers in the lower weight categories were investigated using the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI). Fifty-two percent of the athletes reported the occurrence of binging. The EDI profiles of 11% of the athletes suggested the presence of a subclinical eating disorder. These figures are clearly elevated compared with the normal male population. Low-weight wrestlers and rowers should be considered a high-risk male population for subclinical eating disorders. These findings are comparable to high-risk groups consisting mainly of women (such as ballet and modelling students). The causal relationship between the specific sport and the development of a psychogenic eating disorder is discussed.
本研究调查了因运动项目规则而面临保持低体重压力的男性运动员出现亚临床饮食失调患病率升高的可能性。对25名较低体重级别的摔跤运动员和59名较低体重级别的赛艇运动员使用饮食失调量表（EDI）进行了调查。52%的运动员报告有暴饮暴食现象。11%的运动员的EDI量表结果表明存在亚临床饮食失调。与正常男性人群相比，这些数字明显升高。体重较轻的摔跤运动员和赛艇运动员应被视为亚临床饮食失调的高危男性人群。这些发现与主要由女性组成的高危群体（如芭蕾舞学生和模特学生）相当。文中讨论了特定运动与心因性饮食失调发展之间的因果关系。
