Proceedings of the 6th Biennial 2001 Conference on Communication and Environment (COCE), Cincinnati OH. Editors: Marie-France Aepli, John W. Delicath, Stephen Depoe. Individual authors retain all publication rights.
In the 1990's the incidence of eating disorders among college aged females had increased (Johnston & Christropher, 1991) with specific concern for female college athletes. A 1992 NCAA study found that 70% of responding institutions reported at least one case of an eating disorder with the highest prevalence in gymnastics, cross country, swimming, and track (Dick, 1993).