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Reported harm of excessive weight / dehydration

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Reported harm to wrestlers from excessive weight loss / dehydration

***Academic performance***
Lethargy, sleepiness, mood swings
Lower grades during wrestling season (compared to out of season)
Diminished short-term memory and cognition

***Athletic performance***
Lower testosterone level
Lower endurance
Decreased strength on ergometric testing

***Altered body function***
Decreased growth
Increased susceptibility to infection
Decreased serum protein level
Lowered glycogen stores
Decreased cardiac output and glomerular filtration rate
Poor temperature control with increased risk of heat injury

***Disordered eating***
Binge eating (6% of wrestlers meet criteria)1
Eating disorders (11% meet profile for eating disorders
on eating attitudes test [EAT])2

REFERENCES
1. Oppliger RA, Landry GL, Foster SA, et al: Bulemic behaviors among
interscholastic wrestlers: A statewide survey. Pediatrics 1993;91:826
2. Garner DM, Olmsted MP, Bohr Y, et al: The eating attitudes test: Psychometric
features and clinical correlates. Psychol Med 1982;12(4):871

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