Division I NCAA Athletes With Anorexia
There are athletes in the Division 1 NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) who have anorexia and there was a study done on it to see just how many of them had eating disorders and to what extent. There were 11 Division I schools chosen for the study so they could represent all regions of the United States. These schools had a high competitive program of sports. Both men’s and women’s sports were chosen for the study in order to get an accurate average of people with anorexia. A total of 1,445 varsity student athletes were chosen. This consisted of 562 females and 883 males. Eleven schools with eleven different sports were included.
In this study an introductory letter was sent from the president of the NCAA to the athletic directors explaining the study and requesting their participation in the study. Coaches of each team also signed consent forms to allow participation in the study. Students were informed of the study and asked to answer questions honestly. The questionnaire given to the students consisted of 133 questions about their demographics, their athletic involvement, and eating behaviors such as dieting, binging, purging, drug or alcohol use and how they felt about themselves as far as their body image and weight related questions.
The female athletes believed thinness was important to maintain good athletic ability and also to be thin so they look good when they look in the mirror. There was one female student that showed a risk for developing an eating disorder and 3 others who might be considered as a future risk of having eating disorders. Most of those studied had a high self esteem and felt good about themselves. Only one felt that they did not have much to feel good about.
The background of each person makes a lot of difference in how they feel about themselves and how they may likely have eating disorders in the future. Whether you eat too much or not enough, eating disorders are a very big problem in the world and it is not easy to conquer the problem without help. You first have to want to get help and in many cases, your health has reached a risky level before you realize you need help. There are many dangerous serious health problems that can occur with anorexia and some of the damage done to the body may not be reversed with help. Anorexia can cause damage to every organ in the body and even cause death if not attended to as soon as possible. Most of the people who suffer from anorexia are between 10 and 20 years of age. Peer pressure and the idea that they need to be thin plus low self esteem is often the cause for anorexia.
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