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Five-Ring Fever: When Olympic Parents Push Their Kids Too Hard

By Susan Donaldson James — 2012

Silver Medalist and mother Judi Brown Clarke warns about overzealous parenting.

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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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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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Treating Athletes with Eating Disorders: Bridging the Gap between Sport and Clinical Worlds

This book provides readers with concrete, tangible tools for treating athletes with eating disorders by discussing issues that are unique to this population and introducing specific ideas to help facilitate recovery among this population. Dr.

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Kate Bennett
2025
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Winning the Injury Game: How to Stop Chronic Pain and Achieve Peak Performance

When athletes and active people can’t perform at their peak because of chronic pain it’s frustrating and life can feel incomplete. It’s a story that author Jessica Kisiel, Exercise Physiologist and former professional athlete, knows all too well.

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Jessica Kisiel
2025
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Returning to “Athlete” after Concussion | Jaclyn Stephens | TEDxCSU

Athletes who have sustained concussions are at a heightened risk for new injuries, including new concussions, when they return to play. This increased risk of new injury is likely due to ineffective evaluation and treatment protocols.

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2019
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Recovering from an Eating Disorder as an Athlete

Kamila Tan, a beach volleyball player, shares her experience of being an athlete with an eating disorder and how the Eating Disorders Treatment and Research Program at UC San Diego helped her recover and return to her sport.

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2019
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