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STARVING ALONG THE ROAD TO PERFECTION Series: A consuming passion Eating disorders in female athletes First of two parts
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Hartford Courant
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Hartford, Conn.
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Accepted studies indicate that between 1 percent and 4 percent of all high school and college women -- the most affected group -- suffer from eating disorders. Johnson's study would suggest that female athletes are 2.5 to 10 times more at risk than nonathletes, and athletes in appearance sports are five to 20 times more at risk. The numbers for the entire female athletic pool could actually be higher. Muriel Grossfeld, a national gymnastics coach who has worked with many top athletes, including Henrich and Cathy Rigby McCoy, believes that eating disorders are more frequent at the lower levels of the sport. PHOTO 1: (color), AP / Kansas City Star PHOTO 2: (B&W), Mike Scully/ALLSPORT PHOTO 3: (B&W), mug PHOTO 4: (B&W), Paula Bronstein / The Hartford Courant; PHOTO 1: * The death of gymnast [Christy Henrich] brought national attention to eating disorders among female athletes. PHOTO 2: * Christy Henrich, a member of the national gymnastics team, competes in 1989. A year earlier, at a competition in Budapest, Hungary, a judge remarked that she was fat. The comment, Henrich's mother believes, spurred Henrich to begin starving herself. PHOTO 3: * Margo Maine PHOTO 4: * [Julie Leland Huddon], with the food diary she kept while living with anorexia nervosa. She survived the eating disorder, but still worries about her weight. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction or distribution is prohibited without permission.
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