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Triggers of Eating Disorders in Athletes

NCT06518954 · Status: RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2025-09-12

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Summary

Over the past 30 years, a high prevalence of eating disorders in sports has been repeatedly documented, yet few preventive measures have been implemented. While most studies explore risk factors through quantitative means, few have investigated how athletes themselves experience the triggering elements in sports and how they perceive these triggers could be better managed. Another persistent question is why some athletes from a given sport and environment develop eating disorders while others do not. This study explore the experienced triggers reported by athletes who have struggled with eating disorders and compare them to the perspectives of athletes without eating disorders from the same environment. The study also aim to gather perceptions from both groups on how eating disorders and body dissatisfaction could be better addressed and prevented in sports.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Interview

The athletes contributes with experience exchange through individual interviews, following a interview template

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Norwegian School of Sport Sciences

    collaborator OTHER

  • Ostfold University College

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Therese F Mathisen, PhD · Associate Professor

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-11-15
Primary Completion
2025-12-30
Completion
2025-12-30

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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Diseases

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