How anorexic-like are the symptom and personality profiles of aesthetic athletes?

A study tested the hypothesis that aesthetic athletes (AA) have anorexic-like attitudes and behaviors, share personality characteristics such as perfectionism and obsessiveness, and are at high risk of eating disorders. Results lend credibility to the existence of the diagnostic entity of anorexia athletica, proposed to be a subclinical, environmentally-influenced eating disorder with a favorable prognosis.