Proneness to eating disorders: weightlifters compared to exercisers.
Previous findings were confirmed suggesting that weightlifters may be more prone to eating disorders than are casual exercisers. 25 weightlifters' mean eating disorder score was significantly higher than that of 25 casual exercisers when contrasted for practical difference.
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Columbia College, MO, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D015444:Exercise; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D014891:Weight Lifting / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*