title: Eating behaviours in youths: A comparison between female and male athletes and non-athletes.
abstract: This study compared the different factors associated with eating behaviors among young female and male athletes and non-athletes. A total of 580 female and male athletes and 362 female and male non-athletes between 10 and 19 years old participated. We used the subscales of the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) to evaluate the factors associated with unhealthy eating behaviors. We found higher scores for females on the diet subscale compared with males, regardless of athletic group (P < 0.05). Non-athlete youths scored higher on this subscale compared with male athletes (P < 0.05). Our findings indicate higher scores for female athletes with regard to the bulimia and preoccupation with food subscale compared with other the groups (P < 0.05). Moreover, we observed that non-athlete males were more likely to engage in binge eating compared with athletes of the same sex (P < 0.05). Finally, females had higher scores on the oral self subscale than males, regardless of athletic group (P < 0.05). We concluded that the factors associated with eating behaviors differ with regard to sex and group.
authors.affiliation: Foundations of Physical Education, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters at Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: L de S
authors.initials: Lde S
authors.lastname: Fortes
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Kakeshita
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: M E C
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Ferreira
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D056352:Athletes / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002032:Bulimia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D031204:Caloric Restriction / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: adolescents; eating disorders; sports