“Horrible—But Worth It”: Exploring Weight Cutting Practices, Eating Behaviors, and Experiences of Competitive Female Taekwon-Do Athletes. A Mixed Methods Study

IF 1.4 4区 医学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED
K. A. Smith, R. Naughton, C. Langan-Evans, Kiara Lewis
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This mixed methods study aimed to investigate weight cutting practices of female taekwon-do athletes internationally and explore their experiences of “making weight.” A survey of weight loss practices and eating behaviors was completed by 103 taekwon-do athletes from 12 countries, which illustrated that 72.5% of athletes engage in both acute and chronic weight loss practices prior to competition and that there were higher levels of disordered eating within this athletic population than nonweight cutting athletes. Semistructured interviews were conducted with five international-level competitors; thematic analysis of the interviews identified that the women in general felt weight cutting was “horrible—but worth it” and the women believed that (a) weight cutting is unpleasant, difficult, and challenging; and (b) weight cutting provides a competitive advantage. The implications of this study are that weight cutting is widespread among high-level competitive female taekwon-do athletes and this is unlikely to change given the perceived advantages. Efforts are needed to make sure that the women are knowledgeable of the risks and are provided with safe and effective means of making weight.
“可怕-但值得”:探索减肥实践,饮食行为,和竞技女跆拳道运动员的经验。混合方法研究
本研究旨在调查国际女性跆拳道运动员的减重做法,并探讨她们“增重”的经验。来自12个国家的103名跆拳道运动员完成了一项关于减肥练习和饮食行为的调查,结果表明,72.5%的运动员在比赛前进行了急性和慢性减肥练习,这些运动员中饮食失调的程度高于非减肥运动员。对5位国际级选手进行半结构化访谈;访谈的主题分析表明,女性普遍认为减肥是“可怕的,但值得的”,女性认为(a)减肥是不愉快的,困难的,具有挑战性的;(二)减重提供了竞争优势。本研究的含义是,减肥是普遍存在于高水平竞技女子跆拳道运动员,这是不太可能改变的感知优势。需要作出努力,确保妇女了解这些危险,并向她们提供安全有效的减肥方法。
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