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Is English Cricket Racist? / Head Injuries in Female Sport / The Battle Against Weight Shaming in Young Athletes

The Real Science of Sport Podcast

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The Importance of Body Composition in Team Sports

Women in team sport is a fascinating subject. We're going to see more research into women's sport. The University of Colorado have now put guidelines in place and talking specifically around body composition. They used to do tests there, they're now said that they're going to stop doing these tests because essentially it exacerbates eating disorders or other harms. And then you overplay it and it becomes the preoccupation as opposed to just one of many things that might be indicative of something that needs to change. But it should probably be quite low on that list for the reasons that you've said there.

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