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Can Exercise Reverse the Ageing Process?

By Stephen Harridge, Norman Lazarus — 2019

We often confuse the effects of inactivity with the ageing process itself, and believe certain diseases are purely the result of getting older.

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Olympian Gracie Gold Gets Candid About Her Mental Health with Michelle Kwan | Thank You Notes

Michelle Kwan may be one of the best figure skaters of all time, but it’s her incredible resolve that made her such an inspiration to fellow skater Gracie Gold. In this video, Gracie tells Michelle: “You once estimated that you’ve fallen 131,000 times in your skating career.

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2020
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I Was a Competitive Athlete with an Eating Disorder. Here’s What I Did About It.

Competitive athlete Mandy Dimarzo had to experience breakdown of her body in order to realize a breakthrough in her eating disorder. Watch this inspiring story of overcoming body issues and share your own story of motivation and resilience.

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2019
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Struggling with an Eating Disorder | Team Canada

François Imbeau-Dulac struggled with an eating disorder for years and after representing Team Canada at London 2012, he lost control. With the support he sought and received, François has found his way back to a healthy lifestyle with the goal of competing for Team Canada at Tokyo 2020.

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2019
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Athletes and Eating Disorders

Ben Tracy profiles a 24-year-old former gymnast at UCLA, who battled eating disorders for two years after she was no longer doing gymnastics.

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2011
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USC Volleyball Star Talks Eating Disorders and Mental Health in Female Athletes

USC Volleyball star Victoria Garrick reveals her struggle with depression, anxiety, and an eating disorder to highlight the pressures elite female athletes face.

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2018
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Olympic Figure Skater Gracie Gold on Comeback After Eating Disorder | TODAY

Before the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, figure skater Gracie Gold announced she was stepping away from the ice to deal with personal struggles. A year later, she talks to Savannah Guthrie about the pressure facing athletes and her fight to return to the rink.

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2019
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Eating Disorders in Sport

Over the past fifteen years, there has been a great increase in the knowledge of eating disorders in sport and effective means of treatment.

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Ron A. Thompson
2025
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Eating Disorders in Athletes

This comprehensive, up-to-date book presents the latest research and applied practice to address all of the key issues relating to sport and eating disorders. The book begins by looking at the underlying factors behind the development of disordered eating.

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Joaquin Dosil
2025
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Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters

Welcome to the world of women’s gymnastics and figure skating—the real world that happens away from the cameras, at the training camps and in the private lives of these talented teenage competitors.

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Joan Ryan
2025
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Chasing Perfection: A Journey to Healing, Fitness, and Self-Love

Chasing Perfection reveals the life-changing steps fitness and lifestyle expert Rachel Brooks took to overcome depression, negative body image, and eating disorders, to break free of the past and start living a fulfilling purpose-driven life.

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Rachel Brooks
2025
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