SPRING forward for girls

"Female athletes are at risk for relative energy deficiencies, eating disorders, and negative body image satisfaction. Early intervention and education about nutrition and body image may be helpful in preventing disordered eating, energy deficiencies, and promote positive body image, and increasing sports performance. This book presents information on how nutrition, health, and sports performance are closely connected and provides the framework of an educational program for high school female athletes to learn appropriate nutrition for sports, prevent eating disorders, and promote a positive body image. The program itself is evidence-based with a three-session interactive educational program and social media reminders. Each chapter contains a story of an athlete who had disordered eating or body image issues"--