How Sports can cause a Negative Body Image
Today I'm a guest on Rachel King's podcast Feed Yourself. We discuss how sports had a negative effect on my body image. “Historically, in terms of gender, I think we would we have seen higher numbers of females with the experience of disordered eating, eating disorders, and body image concerns and thoughts,” says Streno. For some perspective, roughly 80 percent of women in the U.S. reportedly are unhappy with the way they look, and 70 percent of ‘normal weight’ women report that they want to be thinner. Even between the ages of three and six years old, half of girls worry about ‘being fat.’ https://truesport.org/body-image/athletes-struggle-body-image/ Dance and Cheer Team weigh-ins made me really self-conscious of my body and weight. I have two girls and don't want to see them go through the same struggles.