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Orthorexia Nervosa Among Collegiate Female Student-Athletes, Maryse Bard-Martel
Orthorexia Nervosa Among Collegiate Female Student-Athletes, Maryse Bard-Martel
MSU Graduate Theses
Orthorexia nervosa (ON) is a specific style of disordered eating defined as an unhealthy obsession with eating healthy food, or going to extremes in the pursuit of a diet that is supposed to be good for you. The purpose of this study was to explore the prevalence of orthorexia nervosa tendencies in college female soccer players in the NCAA Division 1. Purposive sampling was used, and participants were current student-athletes from the Missouri State women’s soccer team (n=18). Survey research was utilized to assess athletes’ attitudes and behaviors related to various aspects of diet and training, and the control it …
Nutrition And Fitness Guide For Graduating Student-Athletes, Anna Fukunaga
Nutrition And Fitness Guide For Graduating Student-Athletes, Anna Fukunaga
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
For the last four years of your life, you have been supported by strength coaches, academic advisors, athletic trainers, tutors, mentors, and coaches. Your life is dedicated to your sport, and your body is molded into the ideal build to compete at the highest level you can achieve. As soon as your competitive days are over, your life dramatically changes and the needs of your body change as well. Because you typically do not sustain the same level of activity, you do not have the same nutritional needs. The demands you place on your body for your sport are higher …