Attitudes toward eating and exercise: a comparison of runners and triathletes
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ABSTRACT:
A community sample of 109 adult runners (n=56, mean age=40.6 years) and triathletes (n=53, mean age=36.4 years) were surveyed to investigate their training habits, reasons for participation in sports, and attitudes toward eating and weight control. A short questionnaire requesting demographic and training information, and reasons for participation, along with the EAT-26 were distributed to participants in a running race and a triathlon. Results showed that triathletes had slightly healthier attitudes toward eating than runners, and females displayed more disordered eating patterns than males, but none appeared to be at risk for eating disorders. The most popular reasons for exercising listed by both triathletes and runners were to enhance self-esteem and have fun. As hypothesized, significant differences in reasons for participating were found, with male and female triathletes endorsing competition more frequently, and female runners endorsing the benefits of burning calories. Differences in training habits were also discovered.
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