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Teen Sport in America, Part II: Her Participation Matters. A Women's Sports Foundation Research Report
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Zarrett, Nicole; Veliz, Phillip – Women's Sports Foundation, 2021
This report is an extension of the 2018 report, "Teen Sport in America: Why Participation Matters Report" which set out to identify the health, academic, and psychological benefits that teen girls obtain on a sport-by-sport basis. The original 2018 Teen Sport report provided evidence of the important role that sports can play in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Females, Athletics, Participation
The National Women's Leadership Conference on Fitness. Proceedings. (Washington, D.C., April 6-7, 1984).
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President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, Washington, DC. – 1984
The principal addresses at this Women's Leadership Conference on Fitness were: (1) "Keynote Address" (C. Carson Conrad); (2) "Essential Nature of Fitness" (Lawrence E. Lamb); (3) "Effects of Exercise on Women from 20-50 Years Old" (Sharon Plowman); (4) "Fitness in Older Women" (Everett L. Smith); (5) "Female Musculo-Skeletal System" (Robert P.…
Descriptors: Aerobics, Body Weight, Exercise, Females
Using the PRECEDE Model for Causal Analysis of Bulimic Tendencies among Elite Women Swimmers.
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Benson, RoseAnn; Taub, Diane E. – Journal of Health Education, 1993
Describes a study of weight control techniques and bulimic tendencies among elite female participants in an Olympic Swimming Selection Meet. Results showed concern with thinness, body dissatisfaction, and unhealthy eating, dieting, and weight loss patterns among participants. Discusses the explanatory power of the PRECEDE model. (SM)
Descriptors: Body Image, Body Weight, Bulimia, Eating Habits
The Female Athlete: Conditioning, Competition, and Culture.
Klafs, Carl E.; Lyon, M. Joan – 1973
The female athlete--her structural, physiological, and psychological characteristics and capacities-- is the main focus of this book. It is designed to provide persons in positions of leadership in girls' and women's athletics greater insights and understanding regarding the nature of women athletes and to help structure wholesome sports programs…
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, Athletic Equipment, Athletics, Attitude Change
Nutrition Knowledge and Eating Practices of Young Female Athletes.
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Wiita, Barbara; And Others – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 1995
A research study compared the relationship of nutrition knowledge to eating practices and attitudes of female high school and college runners. Results showed that runners with greater nutrition knowledge made better food choices and ate more healthfully. This article looks at the runners' misconceptions and makes recommendations for nutrition…
Descriptors: Athletes, College Students, Eating Habits, Females
The Female Athlete Triad
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Sherman, Roberta Trattner; Thompson, Ron A. – Journal of School Nursing, 2004
The Female Athlete Triad is a syndrome of the interrelated components of disordered eating, amenorrhea, and osteoporosis. Sometimes inadvertently, but more often by willful dietary restriction, many female athletes do not ingest sufficient calories to adequately fuel their physical or sport activities, which can disrupt menstrual functioning,…
Descriptors: Womens Athletics, Females, Athletes, Physiology