title: Female collegiate athletes: prevalence of eating disorders and disordered eating behaviors.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The authors assessed the prevalence of pathogenic eating and weight-control behaviors among female college athletes, using a psychometrically valid measure.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were 204 college athletes (M age=20.16 years, SD=1.31 years) from 17 sports at 3 universities. On average, they participated in their sport for 10.88 years (SD=16.68 years) and on their college team for 2.10 years (SD=1.03 years).
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants completed a demographic and weight background questionnaire, Questionnaire for Eating Disorder Diagnoses, and the Bulimia Test-Revised.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The authors classified participants as eating disordered (n=4, 2.0%), symptomatic (n=52, 25.5%), and asymptomatic (n=148, 72.5%). Few participants engaged in binge eating; most used exercise, as opposed to vomiting, dieting, laxatives, or diuretics, to control their weight.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Female athletes suffer from eating disorders, and most experience symptom levels that are subclinical but problematic.
authors.affiliation: Kinesiology, Health Promotion, and Recreational Studies Department, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203, USA. cgreenleaf@coe.unt.edu
authors.forename: Christy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Greenleaf
authors.forename: Trent A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Petrie
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: Justine J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Reel
mesh_terms: D001835:Body Weight; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D011594:Psychometrics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013177:Sports / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014495:Universities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult