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Table 2 Allocation of Sport Types to Lean and Non-Lean Categories (N= )

From: Explicit and implicit affective attitudes of female athletes towards different body sizes

Lean

Non-Lean

High-jump (1), long jump, triple jump, middle- /long- distance running (9), heptathlon (1), decathlon, judo, karate (1), tea kwon do (1), dancing (26), cycling, BMX-cycling, mountain biking (1), orienteering, paddling, rowing, ski jump (1), swimming (6), gymnastics (11), dog racing, biathlon, nordic combined, cross-country skiing (1)

Alpine skiing (3), snowboard, snow cross, hammer, discus, hurdle, sprint (2), javelin (2), freestyle ski, golf, shooting (4), fencing, motocross (1), horse riding (3), chess, table tennis, tennis (17), basketball (3), soccer (9), handball (7), indoor bandy, ice hockey, volleyball (10), beach volleyball (2), sailing, surfing

  1. Other = 24. Note: Adapted from “Dieting to win or to be thin? A study of dieting and disordered eating among adolescent elite athletes and non-athlete controls” by M. Martinsen, S. Bratland-Sanda, A.K. Eriksson, J. Sundgot-Borgen. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 44, p. 71. (https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.2009.068668). Copyright 2010 by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine. Adapted with permission
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