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Eating Disorders and Alcoholism Athletes are prone to have eating disorders, especially those who are involved in wrestling, running, ballet, figure-skating, gymnastics, rowing, or horse riding. These sports have such a high rate of eating disorders because there is an extremely large focus on the weight of the athletes. "They are obsessively convinced that less fat equals more fitness," as said by John Bryant, author of "Body Image Produces a Distorted Picture. This unhealthy way of thinking can be linked to a few different fields of psychology: clinical psychology, health psychology, and sports psychology. Clinical because this can be used to identify the disorder and determine the reason for the eating disorder. Health psychology can also be used to lin