Is running an analog of anorexia?
- 1 June 1987
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
- Vol. 19 (3) , 213???217
- https://doi.org/10.1249/00005768-198706000-00005
Abstract
Ass and a past history of amenorrhea and only one subject (0.8%) had been treated for anorexia nervosa. Three of these five runners (60%) were elite marathon runncrsand one a highly ranked track athlete. The low incidence of anorexia nervosa in the total group does not support the Yates hypothesis that running is an analog of anorexia nervosa and therefore attracts persons with an anorexic personality. However, the study does show that it is the better athletes who are more likely to exhibit the physical and psychological features of anorexia nervosa. ©1987The American College of Sports Medicine...Keywords
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