title: Comparison of Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI-2) scores of male bodybuilders to the male college student subgroup.
abstract: The intensity and effort of bodybuilding training suggest an overinvestment in body shape and physical appearance, which has been suggested to be a risk factor for developing eating disorders. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of eating disorder tendencies among a sample of collegiate male bodybuilders (BB, n = 68) and controls (C, n = 50) (nonbodybuilders), using the Eating Disorders Inventory 2 (EDI-2). T tests were used to test the hypothesis that bodybuilders' scores would be higher than those of controls. The mean scores on the EDI-2 did not indicate the presence of eating disorder tendencies for either group. Controls scored significantly higher than bodybuilders on the Body Dissatisfaction scale. Results indicate that when the EDI-2 is used, college-age male bodybuilders are not shown to be more likely to have eating disorders than a group of college-age male controls.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Science, Food and Nutrition, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale 62901-4317, USA.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zager
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Hetzler
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nahikian-Nelms
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Syler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013334:Students; D014891:Weight Lifting