Thursday, 11 August 2016

Why body anxiety is a danger to women's sport

OPINION: Women’s sport has a Dirty Little Secret.

It’s staggering under the weight of body anxiety, if you’ll excuse the pun.

As a clinical psychologist, I’m not supposed to say these things out loud. Sports leaders don’t want to hear it; coaches want to ignore it; female athletes (often) don’t want to admit it.

But I’m bored with all that pretence, avoidance and head-in-the-sand naivety so I’ll just say it: women’s sport is so chock full of disordered eating and exercise addiction it’s just not funny anymore.

from Olivia W’s Blog Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/well-good/motivate-me/83086321/Why-body-anxiety-is-a-danger-to-womens-sport



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