Table 18.2 Summary of Recent (Post-1990) Studies Examining the Prevalence of Disordered Eating in Athletes20-49
(Continued) Study/ Country Sample
Rosendahl et al (2009)
Germany29
576 male and female high school athletes and 291 adoles- cent male and female control subjects
Petrie et al (2008)
United States30
Torstveit et al (2008)
Norway31
186 adoles- cent and adult female elite athletes and 145 nonathlet- ic femal control subjects
Nichols et al (2007)
United States32
Nichols et al (2006)
United States33
Beals and Hill (2006)
United States34
112 female col- legiate athletes
170 female high school athletes
In-depth interview devel- oped by the author using the EDE
Questionnaire developed by the authors, including the EDE-Q and Eating Dis- order Inventory Symptom Checklist
Toro et al (2005)
United Kingdom35
283 elite female athletes com- peting in 20 sports
Sundgot-Borgen and Torstveit (2004)
Norway36
660 Norwe- gian elite female athletes
EAT and CETCAn DSM-III-R o
(based on criteria) 18% met the criteria for DE.
423 female high school athletes
EDE-Q and clinical interview
203 collegiate male athletes
Instrument EAT-26 Prevalence
27% of female athletes and 10% of male athletes met the criteria for DE based on EAT-26 scores compared with 36% of female and 12% of male controls.
Q-EDD and BULIT-R
None of the athletes presented with a clinical ED; 19% showed symptoms of EDs based on the two self-report instruments.
33% of athletes and 21% of non- athletic control subjects were classified with an ED based on the clinical interview.
EDE-Q
20% of athletes met the EDE-Q criteria for DE.
3% of athletes self-reported a clinical ED; 23% of athletes met the criteria for DE.
11% of the athletes exceed- ed the EAT cutoff score; 2.5% and 20% of the athletes met the CETCA criteria for ANp respectively.
and BN,q
A two-stage screening process consisting of a questionnaire developed by the authors, including sub- scales of the EDI, weight history, and self-reported history of EDs (stage 1) fol- lowed by a clinical interview using the EDE (stage 2)
Byrne and
McClean (2002) Australia37
263 elite male and female ath- letes and 263 nonathletic male and female con- trol subjects
CIDIr and number of self-report questionnaires.
21% (n = 121) of the female ath- letes were classified “at risk” after the initial screening; results of the clinical interview indicated that 2% met the criteria for AN, 6% for BN, 8% for EDNOS, and 4% for anorexia athletica.
22% of female athletes and 4% of male athletes were classified with an ED compared with 5.5% of female control subjects and no male control subjects.