Factors associated with body size perception among adolescent goal-oriented sports participants and non-participants: a cross-sectional Finnish study

Background Regardless of competitive athletes’ body image pressures, only few studies have focused on adolescent sport participants’ body image and the findings are inconclusive. Furthermore, the role of competitive goals in sports on adolescents’ body size perception has not been studied. We examin...

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Published in:	BMC public health Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 2188 - 9
Main Authors:	Mäkituomas, Leevi, Heikkilä, Laura, Nurkkala, Marjukka, Korpelainen, Raija, Alanko, Lauri, Heinonen, Olli J., Kokko, Sami, Kujala, Urho, Parkkari, Jari, Savonen, Kai, Valtonen, Maarit, Vasankari, Tommi, Villberg, Jari, Vanhala, Marja
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 25.11.2022 BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V BMC
Subjects:	Adolescence Adolescent Adolescents Aims and objectives Athlete Athletes Biostatistics Body image Body satisfaction Body Size Body weight Child development Competitive sports Consent Cross-sectional Cross-Sectional Studies Demographic aspects Eating behavior Eating disorders Environmental Health Epidemiology Exercise Female Finland Goals Health aspects Humans Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Motivation Multiple choice Organized youth sports Overweight Participation Perception Physical fitness Physiological aspects Public Health Questionnaires Regression analysis Schools Self esteem Self image Size Perception Sports Sports & recreation clubs Teenage athletes Teenagers Thinness Vaccine Youth Sports Finland Competitive sports Organized youth sports Athlete Cross-sectional Body satisfaction
ISSN:	1471-2458, 1471-2458
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