Summary

Disordered Eating Among Athletes: A Comprehensive Guide for Health Professionals will increase your understanding of eating disorders among athletes and give you the practical information to manage athletes in need. The book synthesizes, integrates, and evaluates the latest research on disordered eating as it pertains to both male and female athletes.

Disordered Eating Among Athletes: A Comprehensive Guide for Health Professionals provides a wealth of both scientific research and practical application that will enable personal trainers, athletic trainers, and other health and fitness professionals to work with and counsel athletes with eating disorders. It presents an in-depth discussion of the etiology, identification, prevention, and management of eating disorders among athletes. The book gives athletic trainers, athletic administrators, and other professionals practical examples they can use to create their own successful eating disorder screening and prevention programs.

The book contains many features designed to help you learn about and treat eating disorders:

-An entire chapter devoted to profiling successful eating disorder treatment programs

-Numerous appendixes including case studies, educational resources about eating disorders, nutritional guidelines, and screening surveys

-Chapter objectives and chapter summariesThe book is divided into three parts. The first part provides an overview of disordered eating among athletes, including the psychopathology and etiology. The second part illustrates the effects of disordered eating on the health and performance of the athlete. The third part covers identification, prevention, treatment, and management of disordered eating in athletes.

Providing current research and an emphasis on practical application, Disordered Eating Among Athletes: A Comprehensive Guide for Health Professionals is the ideal resource for the health, fitness, and sports professional seeking information and guidance in managing disordered eating in athletes.

Choice Review

In this basic primer on eating disorders, independent scholar Beals highlights the unique (and less recognized) dieting, body image, and performance issues of individuals involved in sports. Chapters cover prevalence, etiology, prevention, treatment, and post-treatment management of disordered eating. The author examines compelling topics such as the differing risks among individuals participating in endurance versus aesthetic sports, how eating disorders affect athletic performance, muscle dysmorphia, and how and when to confront athletes about eating problems. Three successful university eating disorder programs for athletes are described in detail, based on interviews with the developers. The tables increase the clarity of information clusters and research data, and photographs of a variety of athletic activities add realism and relevance. The appendix features standardized eating disorder screening questionnaires and health forms, a list of educational resources, and three case studies. This book will serve as a highly useful guide for coaches, trainers, administrators, students, and health professionals, including dietitians. Many will find it an important complement to standard sports nutrition books. Clear and sensitively written, it is an awareness-raising look at the special dietary and general health challenges facing today's athlete. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. All levels. J. M. Lacey West Chester University of Pennsylvania