MPC Member Publications

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Title: Participation in Weight-Related Sports Is Associated with Higher Use of Unhealthful Weight-Control Behaviors and Steroid Use

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2007

ISSN: 0002-8223

DOI: 10.1016/J.JADA.2006.12.010

Abstract: OBJECTIVE To determine whether adolescents who participate in a weight-related sport are at increased risk for unhealthful weight-control behaviors and steroid use. DESIGN This was a population-based study (Project EAT [Eating Among Teens]). SUBJECTS/SETTING Subjects were 4,746 adolescents (50.2% males, 49.8% females) from 31 public middle and high schools in the Minneapolis/St Paul area of Minnesota. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS PERFORMED Descriptive statistics, χ2 analyses, and multiple logistic regression were used. Data were adjusted for sociodemographic variables and body mass index. MAIN OUTCOME VARIABLES Unhealthful weight-control behaviors and steroid use. RESULTS More males (20.4%) than females (16.2%) reported participation in a weight-related sport. Males who reported participation in a weight-related sport had an increased risk of past-week vomiting (odds ratio [OR]=5.7), laxative use (OR=6.8), as well as past-year vomiting (OR=4.9), laxative use (OR=3.4), diuretic use (OR=6.0), and steroid use (OR=3.7), compared with those males who did not report participation. Females who reported participation in a weight-related sport had an increased risk of past week vomiting (OR=2.1), as well as past year vomiting (OR=2.0), laxative use (OR=2.6), and steroid use (OR=2.6), compared with those who did not report participation in a weight-related sport. CONCLUSIONS The current study shows that participation in a sport that adolescents perceive as emphasizing weight is strongly associated with unhealthful weight-control behaviors and steroid use. Preventive efforts, targeting parents, coaches, and adolescents are needed to decrease this risk.

Url: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002822306026770?via%3Dihub

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Authors: Vertalino, Maggie; Eisenberg, Marla E; Story, Mary T; Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne

Periodical (Full): Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Issue: 3

Volume: 107

Pages: 434-440

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