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dc.contributor.authorBratland-Sanda, Solfrid
dc.contributor.authorNilsson, Merethe Pauline
dc.contributor.authorSundgot-Borgen, Jorunn
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-11T09:26:02Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-19T12:19:40Z
dc.date.available2015-08-11T09:26:02Z
dc.date.available2017-04-19T12:19:40Z
dc.date.issued2015-06-24
dc.identifier.citationBratland-Sanda, S., Nilsson, M.P. & Sundgot-Borgen, J. Disordered eating behavior among group fitness instructors: a health-threatening secret? Journal of Eating Disorders. 2015, 3:22
dc.identifier.issn2050-2974
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2437847
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: The present study aimed to examine disordered eating behavior (DE) and self-reported eating disorders (ED) among Norwegian group fitness instructors. METHODS: Group fitness instructors from Norway (n = 685 females and 152 males, response rate: 57 %) completed an online survey. The survey included the instruments Eating Disorders Inventory (EDI) and the Exercise Dependence Scale (EDS). RESULTS: A total of 22 % of the male and 59 % of the female respondents were classified with DE. The respondents classified with DE had higher BMI, more weight loss attempts, and higher total EDI score compared to the respondents with no DE. A correlation between EDI total score and EDS total score was found among both male and female group fitness instructors. No males and four percent of the females reported having a current ED. The instructors with self-reported current ED had higher weekly volume of instructing classes compared to the other instructors. None of the respondents with self-reported ED had informed their center manager about it. CONCLUSION: The high prevalence of DE behavior calls for concern. The reported secrecy regarding self-reported ED might decrease the possibility for early recognition and intervention. The findings reveal implications for the instructors' physical and mental health, for their reputation and impact as important healthy role models and health/fitness authorities, and for the importance of prevention, identification and management of such behavior in fitness center settings.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBMC
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectBody dissatisfaction
dc.subjectDieting
dc.subjectEating disorders
dc.subjectExercise
dc.subjectPsychiatry
dc.subjectSports
dc.titleDisordered eating behavior among group fitness instructors: a health-threatening secret?
dc.typeJournal article
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.description.versionPublished version
dc.rights.holder© 2015 Bratland-Sanda et al
dc.subject.nsi330
dc.subject.nsi339
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40337-015-0059-x


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