AAP News Vol. 12 No. 7 July 1996, p. 2
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Athletes' high hopes

LUANN ZANZOLA

Urban teens who participate in sports might have unrealistic expectations for future athletic success and engage in risky performance-enhancing health practices, reported the May 1996 Journal of Adolescent Health.

Questionnaires were distributed to 838 gym class students at a New York City high school. Subjects, responding anonymously, were 45 percent male, 55 percent female, with a mean age of 16.

All said they participated in athletics — most commonly basketball, volleyball, baseball and weight-lifting — and about two-thirds said they spend at least one or two hours daily playing sports. Also, 86 percent rated school "extremely" or "very" important, while 35 percent rated sports "extremely" or "very" important.