RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Weight loss pressure on a 5 year old wrestler
JF British Journal of Sports Medicine
JO Br J Sports Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine
SP e2
OP e2
DO 10.1136/bjsm.2004.013136
VO 39
IS 1
A1 Sansone, R A
A1 Sawyer, R
YR 2005
UL http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/39/1/e2.abstract
AB The case is reported of a 5 year old boy who was pressured to lose weight in order to wrestle at a lower weight class. Although a minority of athletes engage in unhealthy weight management practices, this is an unusual case because of the age of the athlete and the influential role of a parent.