Social media fuelling eating disorders among female athletes, research shows.

Their new book Spring Forward: Balanced Eating, Exercise, and Body Image in Sport for Female Athletes highlights how disordered eating and negative body image is now present in nearly all sports, especially in high school, but is often hidden. Keywords: Diet and Nutrition; Eating Disorders; Entertainment; Health and Medicine; Sporting Activities; Taylor & Francis Group; Tennis EN Diet and Nutrition Eating Disorders Entertainment Health and Medicine Sporting Activities Taylor & Francis Group Tennis 5457 5457 1 05/08/23 20230508 NES 230508 2023 MAY 12 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Mental Health Weekly Digest -- Social media is fuelling eating disorders among female athletes who feel they must achieve the "ideal" body, according to experts. [Extracted from the article]