Eating Disorders in Professional Sports: An Analysis.
This five-page undergraduate paper examines the troublesome issue of eating disorders in professional sports. The author discusses how male and female athletes feel pressured to gain or lose weight in order to enhance their performance, become stronger or faster, or keep their positions on their respective teams. Information is evaluated which indicates that female professional athletes are more at risk of eating disorders because of their different metabolisms, especially in the Olympic sports of gymnastics, track and field, and skating.