The Risk of Disordered Eating in Fitness Club Members—A Cross-Sectional Study
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data Collection
2.2. Statistics
3. Results
4. Discussion
4.1. The Risk of DE
4.2. Factors Associated with the Risk of DE
4.3. Strengths and Limitations
4.4. Practical and Scientific Implications
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | All (n = 232) | Women (n = 193) | Men (n = 39) | Hedge’s g | p |
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Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | |||
Age (years) | 39.59 ± 13.69 | 39.16 ± 13.44 | 41.77 ± 14.86 | 0.19 | 0.278 |
Body weight (kg) | 72.77 ± 13.47 | 70.42 ± 12.51 | 84.36 ± 13.09 | 1.11 | ≤0.001 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 24.98 ± 3.80 | 24.82 ± 3.81 | 25.80 ± 3.76 | 0.26 | 0.141 |
Exercise frequency (days/week) | 4.22 ± 1.50 | 4.21 ± 1.49 | 4.23 ± 1.53 | 0.01 | 0.945 |
Variables | Risk of DE | ||||
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Yes (n = 45) | No (n = 187) | ||||
Median (Range) | Median (Range) | Mean Difference | Hedges g | p | |
Total BAS-2 score | 3.00 ± 3.60 | 4.00 ± 3.70 | 0.27 | ≤0.001 | |
Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean difference | p | ||
BREQ-2 | |||||
Intrinsic regulation | 3.42 ± 0.88 | 3.51 ± 0.56 | 0.08 ± 0.32 | 0.14 | 0.407 |
Identified regulation | 3.45 ± 0.57 | 3.46 ± 0.55 | 0.01 ± 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.864 |
Introjected regulation | 1.65 ± 1.05 | 1.57 ± 1.05 | 0.08 ± 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.625 |
External regulation | 0.21 ± 0.44 | 0.16 ± 0.34 | 0.04 ± 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.507 |
Amotivation | 0.06 ± 0.33 | 0.04 ± 0.18 | 0.01 ± 0.15 | 0.09 | 0.769 |
RAI | 14.90 ± 4.54 | 15.42 ± 3.17 | 0.52 ± 1.37 | 0.15 | 0.467 |
Exercise frequency | 3.87 ± 1.74 | 4.31 ± 1.43 | 0.44 ± 0.31 | 0.29 | 0.076 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 26.23 ± 4.36 | 24.68 ± 3.61 | 1.54 ± 0.75 | 0.41 | 0.032 |
Age (years) | 39.00 ± 12.36 | 39.82 ± 14.01 | 0.81 ± 2.27 | 0.59 | 0.720 |
n (%) | n (%) | Mean difference | p | ||
BMI 25–29.9 | 21 (46.67) | 55 (29.41) | 34 (17.26) | 0.027 | |
BMI ≥ 30 | 6 (13.33) | 16 (8.56) | 10 (4.77) | 0.326 | |
Age group | 0.768 | ||||
18 to 25 years | 6 (16.22) | 31 (83.78) | |||
26 to 39 years | 19 (21.35) | 70 (78.54) | |||
40 to 59 years | 17 (20.73) | 65 (79.27) | |||
≥ 60 years | 3 (13.04) | 20 (86.96) |
ORs | 95% CI for ORs | p | ||
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Variable | Lower | Upper | ||
Total BAS-2 score | 0.24 | 0.15 | 0.39 | ≤0.001 |
BMI | 1.03 | 0.94 | 1.13 | 0.492 |
Constant | 13.96 | 0.093 |
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Gjestvang, C.; Mathisen, T.F.; Bratland-Sanda, S.; Haakstad, L.A.H. The Risk of Disordered Eating in Fitness Club Members—A Cross-Sectional Study. Sports 2024, 12, 343. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports12120343
Gjestvang C, Mathisen TF, Bratland-Sanda S, Haakstad LAH. The Risk of Disordered Eating in Fitness Club Members—A Cross-Sectional Study. Sports. 2024; 12(12):343. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports12120343
Chicago/Turabian StyleGjestvang, Christina, Therese F. Mathisen, Solfrid Bratland-Sanda, and Lene A. H. Haakstad. 2024. "The Risk of Disordered Eating in Fitness Club Members—A Cross-Sectional Study" Sports 12, no. 12: 343. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports12120343
APA StyleGjestvang, C., Mathisen, T. F., Bratland-Sanda, S., & Haakstad, L. A. H. (2024). The Risk of Disordered Eating in Fitness Club Members—A Cross-Sectional Study. Sports, 12(12), 343. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports12120343