Risk Factors

  • Playing sports that require weight checks
  • Social isolation due to sporting activities
  • Exercising more than necessary for a sport
  • Pressure to “win at all costs”
  • Punitive consequences for weight gain
  • Controlling parents and/or coaches
  • Being a gymnast, figure skater, ballet dancer, distance runner, swimmer or diver where undue emphasis is placed on having a low body weight and a lean physique




 




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