The goal of this research was to ‘examine the prevalence of anorexia nervosa(AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), anorexia athletica (AA), and eating disorders not otherwise specified (ED-NOS) in both male and female Norwegian elite athletes and a representative sample from the general Norwegian population’.  

 The researchers created a 2-step study.  This study included a self-reported questionnaire as well as clinical interview.  For data method, I was obviously classify this as questionnaire as well as using expert opinion.  This is qualitative analysis and data. In conclusion the study showed that the “prevalence of EDs is higher in athletes than in controls, higher in female athletes than in male athletes, and more common among those competing in leanness-dependent and weight-dependent sports than in other sports. A collaborative effort among coaches, athletic trainers, parents, physicians, and athletes is optimal for recognizing, preventing, and treating EDs in athletes”.  As an athlete myself this is shocking. Since athletes are known as people who are supposed to take incredibly care of their bodies would do exactly that instead of putting their bodies at risk…But it looks as if it is just the opposite. There is so much pressure to be perfect and perform to a certain standard, that we do what we think is going to help us succeed, but instead we are doing more damage and harm to our vessels that allow us to perform our sport.  This provides excellent insight to my research because it gives me an idea of the types of studies that have been done before, but has inspired me to go even deeper and get more specific, this inspired me to want to conduct research specifically on athletes at Redlands and see what I could find.

Sundgot-Borgen, J, and M K Torstveit. “Prevalence of Eating Disorders in Elite Athletes Is Higher than in the General Population.” Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine : Official Journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine., U.S. National Library of Medicine, Jan. 2004, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14712163.