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NCT Number: NCT05583162

Healthy Sport Project; Preventing Eating Disorders in Sport

The "Healthy Sport Project" is an adapted program from the Body Project by prof Eric Stice, aiming to reduce body dissatisfaction and symptoms of disordered eating and eating disorders in adolescent elite athletes. This trial aim to evaluate the effect of the program using a one-arm pilot study design in 14 years age old athletes at a Norwegian Elite Sport Junior High School.

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Key information

Conditions

Eating Disorders Adolescent - Emotional Problem Athletic Injuries Behavior Body Dissatisfaction Disordered Eating Feeding and Eating Disorders Mental Disorders Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Personal Satisfaction Psychological Well-Being Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms, Digestive Wounds and Injuries

Age range

13 year–14 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Therese Fostervold Mathisen

Fredrikstad, 1671, Norway

About this study

Eating disorders (EDs) are serious illnesses with highest incidence in adolescents. Moreover, athletes have a higher frequency of symptoms of disordered eating (DE) and EDs than non-athletes. There are many reasons to this health issue, but body appearance pressure, competing in body mass sensitive sports, and comments on body appearance are important explanations. Few programs have proved effective in preventing DE and EDs in the general population, or in athletes specifically, and none is permanent operative in sports in Norway. Body Project by prof Eric Stice have proved effective in preventing body dissatisfaction, figure idealization and new onset of EDs in female adolescents above 15 years of age, and with body dissatisfaction, from the general population. A few attempts to adapt this program to female athletes, argue for a comparative positive effect. Three important elements to further address, are: 1) programs need also to be tested in males; 2) programs need to be tested in adolescents of younger age before the typical onset of an ED; and 3) programs need to be possible to administer by non-professionals.

In this study the research group aim to adapt and test the effect of the Body Project, by the pilot study the "Healthy Sport Project", in elite junior athletes attending specialized junior sport high schools (age 14). The final goal for this project group is to create an effective preventive program for body dissatisfaction and DE/EDs in young athletes of both sexes and in mixed sports, and which may be administered by the schoolteachers.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • pupil at the recruited Sport Jr High School

Exclusion criteria

  • no informed consent from parents
  • not willing to participate
  • a diagnosis of an eating disorder and being under (or waiting for) treatment

Treatment and study plan

Healthy Sport Project

Behavioral

2 interactive information lectures (given per class of 30 pupils), and 4 interactive workshops (given to sex-homogenous groups of 10 pupils). One per week, a total of 6 weeks with intervention.

Other names: Sports Body Project

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in symptoms of Eating Disorder, Eating Disorder Questionnaire Short-form

    Time frame: Before intervention, After intervention (post, +6 weeks), 6 months after end of intervention

    9 Questions on eating restriction, on worries for body weight and appearance. Rated by number of days the different content has been relevant. By Fairburn and Beglin, 2008

  2. Change in Body Acceptance, Body Acceptance Scale, version 2

    Time frame: Before intervention, After intervention (post, +6 weeks), 6 months after end of intervention

    10 Questions on body acceptance, rated by a 5 point Likert Scale (never - always). By Halliwell et al 2017.

  3. Change in symptoms of internalization of body figure ideals, SATAQ-4

    Time frame: Before intervention, After intervention (post, +6 weeks), 6 months after end of intervention

    10 Questions from subscales of SATAQ-4 (thinness idealisation and muscularity idealization), rated by 5 point Likert Scale. By Schaefer et al 2015

  4. Experiences from participating in the project

    Time frame: After intervention (post, +6 weeks)

    Focus group interview following a semistructured manual; asking for experiences with participation in the "Healthy Sport Project"

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in experiences of Body Appearance Pressure (BAP), questions by research group

    Time frame: Before intervention, After intervention (post, +6 weeks), 6 months after end of intervention

    Question on experience of BAP (if it is experienced yes/no)

  2. Change in experiences of Body Appearance Pressure (BAP), questions by research group

    Time frame: Before intervention, After intervention (post, +6 weeks), 6 months after end of intervention

    Question on arenas for experience of BAP (in which contexts; choose between listed arenas)

  3. Change in dietary habits, questions by research group

    Time frame: Before intervention, After intervention (post, +6 weeks), 6 months after end of intervention

    Questions on meal frequency (numbers); frequency of intake of fruit and vegetables (number of portions); frequency of intake of dairy products (number of portions); frequency of intake of fish (number of portions)

  4. Change in dietary habits, questions by research group

    Time frame: Before intervention, After intervention (post, +6 weeks), 6 months after end of intervention

    Use of supplements (yes/no)

  5. Change in dietary habits, questions by research group

    Time frame: Before intervention, After intervention (post, +6 weeks), 6 months after end of intervention

    Use of supplements ( what type of supplements, chose from listed alternatives)

  6. Change in nutrition knowledge, questions by research group

    Time frame: Before intervention, After intervention (post, +6 weeks), 6 months after end of intervention

    3 questions asking for examples of foods providing carbohydrates; proteins; fats, respectively.

Other outcomes

  1. Question on injuries, questions by research group

    Time frame: Before intervention, After intervention (post, +6 weeks), 6 months after end of intervention

    1 Questions asking for any incident of injury (yes/no)

  2. Question on injuries, questions by research group

    Time frame: Before intervention, After intervention (post, +6 weeks), 6 months after end of intervention

    Where the injury was located (chose from list of anatomical locations)

  3. Demographics, questions by research group

    Time frame: Before intervention, After intervention (post, +6 weeks), 6 months after end of intervention

    Age (years)

  4. Demographics, questions by research group

    Time frame: Before intervention

    Sex (male/female)

  5. Demographics, questions by research group

    Time frame: Before intervention, After intervention (post, +6 weeks), 6 months after end of intervention

    Sport (any given)

  6. Demographics, questions by research group

    Time frame: Before intervention, After intervention (post, +6 weeks), 6 months after end of intervention

    Body weight (kg)

  7. Demographics, questions by research group

    Time frame: Before intervention, After intervention (post, +6 weeks), 6 months after end of intervention

    Height (m)

  8. Demographics, questions by research group

    Time frame: Before intervention, After intervention (post, +6 weeks), 6 months after end of intervention

    Number of hours in physical activity per week (hours).

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ostfold University College

Other

Collaborators

  • Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
  • Oslo University Hospital

Registry information

Official study title

Healthy Sport Project: "Recovery, Body Acceptance and Health in Young Athletes"

Acronym: HSP

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2023
First posted
Oct 17, 2022
Registry last updated
Apr 2, 2024

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