The goal of this research was to  examine the ‘percentage of female elite athletes and controls reporting sexual harassment and abuse (SHAB), and whether a higher percentage of female athletes with eating disorders (ED) had experienced SHAB’.  The data type uses was a questionnaire. The questionnaire was distributed to 660 female elite athletes and 780 controls ages 15–30. Sexual harassment and abuse were measured by 11 questions on the questionnaire, ranging from light to severe SHAB. 121 Athletes and 81 controls results turned out to be “at risk” for ED and non‐ED controls participated in a clinical interview.  This study used qualitative analysis and was qualitative research. This study was incredibly eye opening to me.. I never thought of how these two variables could have possible correlations. The fact that athletes who struggled with eating disorders were found to be more often than faced sexual harassment/abuse is scary. It really made me think about the effect eating disorders can have on people in more ways that just internally.  This also showed me that sometimes when researching, some variables we might not think to have correlations can actually be strong correlations. We need to think outside the box.

Sundgot‐Borgen, J. , Fasting, K. , Brackenridge, C. , Torstveit, M. K. and Berglund, B. (2003), Sexual harassment and eating disorders in female elite athletes – a controlled study. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 13: 330-335. doi:10.1034/j.1600-0838.2003.00295.x