The Psychology of Performance. Episode 19, The Dangerous Pursuit of the Ideal Body.
Material type: FilmPublisher number: 6746105 | KanopyPublisher: The Great Courses, 2017Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, soundContent type:- two-dimensional moving image
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- online resource
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Film
In Process Record.
Eddie O’Connor
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2017.
Athletes can feel tremendous pressure to achieve the "ideal body" as early as elementary school. Consequently, although most of us recognize disordered eating and performance-enhancing drugs as problems, athletes can see them as short-term positives despite long-term damage. What does the latest research reveal regarding the health risks of methods many athletes use to improve sport performance?
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
In English