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3 Types of Eating Disorders - 1. Anorexia nervosa
2. Bulimia nervosa
3. Binge-eating disorder


Acute effects of heated resistance exercise in female and male power
athletes Purpose - To determine the effects of heated resistance
exercise on thermal strain, neuromuscular function and hormonal
responses in power male and female athletes


Adolescents & sport: risk or benefit? - 1. Are Sports Worth It?
- Risks vs. Benefits
2. Both Mentally and Physically
3. Male vs. Female Differences


Advantages of early matures and impact on athlete psychologically -
grow and develop earlier


American college of sports medicine (ACSM) worldwide trends - we
lack an understanding about how to train female athletes


Anorexia affects your whole body -

,Anorexia nervosa - characterized by a pursuit of thinness that leads to
self-starvation


Anorexia nervosa details - - Unusual behaviors towards food.
- May be obsessive-compulsive about food (their way of gaining
control)
-- may adopt ritualistic behaviors at mealtime.
-- may collect recipes or prepare elaborate meals for others.


Application to FC - - Intention on becoming a Physical Therapist
- Beneficial to understand and recognize symptoms of Female Athlete
Triad to help patients overcome symptoms
- Refer patients to helpful resources and appropriate professionals


Article summary - - Analysis of each triad component, the risk factors
and prevalence statistics in high school female athletes
- Inclusion of Female Athlete Triad effects on cardiovascular health
-- Endothelial dysfunction
- Possibility to affect male athletes
- Discussion of proper treatment and diagnosis


Athlete Questionnaire - - Used to find out which factors typically lead
to eating disorders

,- Taken without the presences of their coach and researches so they
did not feel any pressure to respond a certain way
- Completed anonymously, but the athlete had to give consent before
completing the questionnaire


Athletes need to consume adequate energy during periods of high-
intensity and/or long-duration training to - maintain body weight and
health and maximize training effects


Background - - neuromuscular performance enhanced
- observational & direct studies done
- hormones and resistance training


Background - 1. Increased Incidences of Females Injuring their ACL
(Anterior Cruciate Ligament)
- Knee Surgery incidence 5x greater in high school females than high
school males
2. Reason For this is Relatively Unknown
- Supposed negative effect of estrogen on ligament strength
- Increased width of pelvis has an increased stress on female's ACL
- Recently: Differences between how males and females perform
tasks such as running and jumping

, Binge eating disorder - characterized by regular bingeing, but do not
engage in purging behaviors


Biomechanical differences between girls and boys pre vs post puberty
- Fewer physiological and biomechanical differences between girls
and boys pre- versus postpuberty
- Why is this important?
- What impact do you feel this has on coed sports argument?
- Do you feel that children specialize to early?


Body composition sex differences - females have more fat


Body Fat - 1. Females = higher % body fat / lower muscle mass
Trained females 16% body fat v. = trained male 8% body fat
2. Due to hormone level differences
3. What advantages do males have with more muscle mass?
4. What advantages do females have with more body fat


Bones & Ligaments - 1. Male athletes longer larger bones
- Higher bone density
- Greater overall height
2. Female ligaments more lax
3. Females have wider pelvis

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