# Eating Disorder Symptoms in Female Sports: Comparison of Rhythmic Gymnasts and Female Handball Players
##### **Josipa Radas, Jasmina Parlov, Rebeka Stojković** *University of Zagreb, Faculty of Kinesiology* |
**Kinesiological paradigm in education** | Number of the paper: 51 | **Preliminary communication** |
##### **Abstract** |
Previous research shows that female athletes are particularly at risk of eating disorders and control their weight more in aesthetic than non-aesthetic sports. The aim of this research was to determine eating disorders in rhythmic gymnastics using the EAT-26 test. A group of female handball players was also included in the research in order to compare results from aesthetic and non-aesthetic sports. Rhythmic gymnastics is a conventional sport in which the exercise is performed on the ground with a screw, hoop, ball, cones and tape accompanied by music. The sample of respondents consisted of rhythmic players (N=40) and handball players (N=40) aged 14-17. The EAT-26 contains 26 items divided into three levels ('dieting', 'bulimia and preoccupation with food', 'oral control') and was used to test the presence of eating disorder symptoms. The results of the Mann Whitney U test showed that there are significant differences between the two groups of subjects in the total score of EAT-26. A comparison of attitudes about nutrition, age and body mass index (BMI) revealed that rhythmic players control their body weight and diet significantly more than handball players. |
***Key words*** |
*body mass index; EAT-26; female athletes; leann sport; rhythmic gymnastics* |
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| 40 | 19.5550 | 16.3000 | 24.0000 | 2.101886 | |||||
| 40 | 163.6750 | 149.0000 | 178.0000 | 6.995924 | |||||
| 40 | 52.4500 | 40.0000 | 68.0000 | 7.598752 | |||||
| 40 | 50.0500 | 35.0000 | 65.0000 | 7.709302 | |||||
| 40 | 3.7250 | 1.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.999840 | |||||
| 40 | 5.3250 | 3.0000 | 6.0000 | 0.944281 | |||||
| 40 | 4.1250 | 1.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.324087 | |||||
| 40 | 5.3000 | 2.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.017790 | |||||
| 40 | 3.2250 | 1.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.686865 | |||||
| 40 | 4.1750 | 1.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.599479 | |||||
| 40 | 4.3250 | 2.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.439150 | |||||
| 40 | 4.7500 | 2.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.031553 | |||||
| 40 | 5.9500 | 4.0000 | 6.0000 | 0.316228 | |||||
| 40 | 5.0500 | 2.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.299901 | |||||
| 40 | 4.0750 | 1.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.831176 | |||||
| 40 | 4.9750 | 1.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.367901 | |||||
| 40 | 4.5000 | 1.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.198289 | |||||
| 40 | 4.9750 | 1.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.290746 | |||||
| 40 | 4.1500 | 1.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.442043 | |||||
| 40 | 4.7000 | 2.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.159133 | |||||
| 40 | 4.8250 | 2.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.393897 | |||||
| 40 | 4.8000 | 1.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.539231 | |||||
| 40 | 3.8000 | 1.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.572194 | |||||
| 40 | 5.1500 | 3.0000 | 6.0000 | 0.975337 | |||||
| 40 | 4.7750 | 1.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.458617 | |||||
| 40 | 4.6000 | 1.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.277016 | |||||
| 40 | 5.0500 | 2.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.357789 | |||||
| 40 | 4.9750 | 1.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.671595 | |||||
| 40 | 5.8250 | 4.0000 | 6.0000 | 0.500641 | |||||
| 40 | 2.9250 | 1.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.558887 | |||||
| 40 | 1.4500 | 1.0000 | 4.0000 | 0.749359 | |||||
| 40 | 1.0500 | 1.0000 | 3.0000 | 0.316228 | |||||
| 40 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 0.000000 | |||||
| 40 | 3.1500 | 1.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.981323 |
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| 40 | 21.8100 | 17.1000 | 28.3000 | 2.50567 | |||||
| 40 | 166.5000 | 151.0000 | 181.0000 | 7.79875 | |||||
| 40 | 60.3750 | 44.0000 | 80.0000 | 9.29485 | |||||
| 40 | 56.0000 | 4.0000 | 75.0000 | 11.53590 | |||||
| 40 | 4.5250 | 1.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.41399 | |||||
| 40 | 5.3000 | 2.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.01779 | |||||
| 40 | 3.1250 | 1.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.75685 | |||||
| 40 | 5.1250 | 1.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.24422 | |||||
| 40 | 4.3750 | 1.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.42662 | |||||
| 40 | 4.2500 | 1.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.75046 | |||||
| 40 | 5.1000 | 3.0000 | 6.0000 | 0.98189 | |||||
| 40 | 4.9250 | 1.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.36603 | |||||
| 40 | 5.8750 | 3.0000 | 6.0000 | 0.56330 | |||||
| 40 | 5.5000 | 2.0000 | 6.0000 | 0.96077 | |||||
| 40 | 4.0500 | 1.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.58438 | |||||
| 40 | 4.7500 | 1.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.40967 | |||||
| 40 | 4.9500 | 2.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.29990 | |||||
| 40 | 4.6500 | 1.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.40603 | |||||
| 40 | 4.3750 | 1.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.62808 | |||||
| 40 | 5.0250 | 2.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.16548 | |||||
| 40 | 4.7250 | 1.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.08575 | |||||
| 40 | 4.8500 | 1.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.40603 | |||||
| 40 | 4.3000 | 1.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.62038 | |||||
| 40 | 5.1000 | 1.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.10477 | |||||
| 40 | 4.3750 | 1.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.68990 | |||||
| 40 | 5.1250 | 2.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.13652 | |||||
| 40 | 5.6000 | 3.0000 | 6.0000 | 0.74421 | |||||
| 40 | 5.4750 | 2.0000 | 6.0000 | 0.93336 | |||||
| 40 | 5.9000 | 5.0000 | 6.0000 | 0.30382 | |||||
| 40 | 3.0000 | 1.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.41421 | |||||
| 40 | 1.9750 | 1.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.34903 | |||||
| 40 | 1.0250 | 1.0000 | 2.0000 | 0.15811 | |||||
| 40 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 0.00000 | |||||
| 40 | 2.4250 | 1.0000 | 6.0000 | 1.63123 |
**variable/answer to questions** | **p-value** |
2\. Ever made yourself sick (vomiting) to control your weight or shape? | <0.05 |
6\. Aware of the calorie content of foods that I eat. | <0.01 |
7\. Particularly avoid food with a high carbohydrate content | <0.05 |
10\. Feel extremely guilty after eating. | <0.01 |
11\. Am preoccupied with a desire to be thinner. | <0.05 |
18\. Feel that food controls my life. | <0.05 |
25\. Have the impulse to vomit after meals | <0.01 |
Weight dissatisfaction (WD) | <0.01 |
Weight | <0.05 |
Ideal weight | <0.01 |
Dieting subscale | <0.05 |
EAT26 score | <0.05 |
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##### **Simptomi poremećaja hranjenja u ženskim sportovima: usporedba ritmičkih gimnastičarki s rukometašicama** |
##### **Sažetak** |
Prethodna istraživanja pokazuju da su sportašice posebno izložene riziku od poremećaja prehrane i kontroliraju svoju težinu više u estetskim, nego neestetskim sportovima. Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je utvrditi poremećaje prehrane u ritmičkoj gimnastici pomoću EAT-26 testa. U istraživanje je uključena i grupa rukometašica kako bi se usporedili rezultati iz estetskog i neestetskog sporta. Ritmička gimnastika je konvencionalni sport u kojem se vježba izvodi na tlu s vijačom, obručem, loptom, čunjevima i trakom uz pratnju glazbe. Uzorak ispitanika činile su ritmičarke (N=40) i rukometašice (N=40) u dobi od 14-17 godina. EAT-26 sadrži 26 stavki koje su podijeljene u tri razine ('dijeta', 'bulimija' i preokupiranost hranom', 'oralna kontrola') korišten je za testiranje prisutnosti simptoma poremećaja prehrane. Rezultati Mann Whitney U testa pokazali su da postoje značajne razlike između dvije skupine ispitanika u ukupnom rezultatu EAT-26. Usporedbom stavova o prehrani, starosti i indeksa tjelesne mase (BMI) otkriveno je da ritmičarke značajno više kontroliraju tjelesnu težinu i način prehrane nego rukometašice. |
***Ključne riječi*** |
*EAT-26; indeks tjelesne mase; konvencionalni sportovi; ritmička gimnastika; sportašice* |