RT Journal
A1 Gómez JE
T1 Athena (athletes targeting healthy exercise and nutrition alternatives): A promising program up against stiff competition
JF Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
JO Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
YR 2004
FD November 1
VO 158
IS 11
SP 1084
OP 1086
DO 10.1001/archpedi.158.11.1084
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.158.11.1084
AB 
In this issue of the ARCHIVES, Elliott et al1 present results from a randomized trial of a peer-led intervention for high school female athletes to reduce behaviors associated with abnormal weight loss practices, behaviors that are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in adolescents. Unhealthy weight loss behaviors were indirectly targeted in the course of addressing issues such as the use of diet pills, alcohol, and anabolic steroids. Implementation of such a program on a larger scale would first require further testing of the intervention on more ethnically and socially diverse populations. The credibility of the intervention has been well established, however, with the scientific rigor of this study.