Association between body dissatisfaction and eating disorder symptomatology in professional dancers
Nycolle Reis,
Allana Alencar,
Adriano Borgatto
et al.
Abstract:The aim was to investigate the association between body image dissatisfaction and eating disorder symptomatology in professional dancers in Brazil. A total of 127 dancers of classical ballet or contemporary dance modalities from professional companies in Brazil participated. Data were collected through a self-administered online questionnaire. Multiple logistic regression showed that dancers with anorexia nervosa symptomatology had 1.13 more odds of being dissatisfied with overweight and dancers with bulimia n… Show more
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