The Health of Competitive Fitness Athletes

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

47 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-11-30

Study Completion Date

2017-12-31

Brief Summary

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Fitness athletes emphasize the value of staying lean, muscular and defined, and motivates and inspires followers through social media. We want to study the effect of such lifestyle on selected aspects of psychological and physical health in female fitness athletes, and compare the outcomes to a healthy, physically active female population.

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Detailed Description

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Little is known about the mental and physical health effect from following the modern, idealized fitness lifestyle. The lifestyle is characterized by selective and restrictive eating behavior, strength training and use of supplements. The athletes emphasize the value of staying lean, muscular and defined, and motivates and inspires followers through social media. This study will recruit and observe a group of competitive female fitness athletes over their typical 3 month dieting period when preparing for contest. Before their contest diet is initiated, the athletes will be screened on selected aspects of psychological and physical health. The screening is repeated two weeks prior to their first seasonal contest, and then finally one month post-contest season. During the diet period of 3 months, the athletes answers brief questionnaires by email on eating- and training behavior and on mood, while also reporting dietary intake by telephone interview.

Recreational physically females, not planning to do any fitness contest, will be recruited to serve as a parallel control group. They will perform the same physical and psychological screening, and answer the same questionnaires throughout the fitness contest diet period.

Conditions

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Resting Metabolic Rate Bone Mineral Density, Low, Susceptibility to Body Image Perfectionism Depression Eating Disorder Exercise-Related Amenorrhea Exercise Addiction Binge Eating Dietary Amenorrhea Dietary Deficiency

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Female Fitness Athletes

Psychological health and physiological health of fitness athletes

Psychological health

Intervention Type OTHER

Observing and measuring baseline, and changes in, psychological health through a fitness contest preparation period

Physiological health

Intervention Type OTHER

Observing and measuring baseline, and changes in, physiological health through a fitness contest preparation period

Female, physically active Controls

Psychological health and physiological health of female controls

Psychological health

Intervention Type OTHER

Observing and measuring baseline, and changes in, psychological health through a fitness contest preparation period

Physiological health

Intervention Type OTHER

Observing and measuring baseline, and changes in, physiological health through a fitness contest preparation period

Interventions

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Psychological health

Observing and measuring baseline, and changes in, psychological health through a fitness contest preparation period

Intervention Type OTHER

Physiological health

Observing and measuring baseline, and changes in, physiological health through a fitness contest preparation period

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Fitness athletes: planning to compete in fitness sport during spring or fall 2017
* Controls: being regular physically active (exercise \>2 times/week during last year) with a BMI between 17,5-30

Exclusion Criteria

* Controls: having competed in fitness sports previously or planning to do in the future, or working as a personal trainer.
* Not able to meet at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences for baseline and follow up screenings.
* Being pregnant or nursing
* Metabolic related diseases

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

40 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes