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[quote=Anonymous]I've coached gymnastics in various places for decades.  Out of the hundreds of kids I've coached I can pinpoint 2 who developed disordered eating over the years I coached them.  In both cases they were high level athletes with lots of pressure on them from their parents and were also going through another stressor in their life that was very much beyond their control.  One had parents in the midst of a messy divorce and the other was juggling gymnastics (HS and club), swim, along with school and stress of waiting to hear back from one of the many colleges she had applied to.

It was about control.  In both cases we met with parents and let them know the things we were noticing and developed a course of action from there.  Both girls were able to recognize and acknowledge what was going on and the parents were on board with therapy if we did not see improvement within a month or so.  It's pretty easy to tell in the gymnastics setting when this happens.  I saw these girls in a leotard, spotting them on skills every day.  I saw the fatigue and change in their mood and attitude, even the way they interact with their teammates.  When I started seeing that leotard look baggy I started asking questions.  I care about them and realize I might be the first person to see the impacts of disordered eating.   Hopefully coaches/teachers in other sports are as observant.

I agree it's not necessarily the sport.  They needed help going through the changes going on in their life.  I think we can all relate to that in some way.[/quote]

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