Eating disorders, a major issue for ballet dancers
 | - 83% of ballet dancers had some forms of eating disorder.
- 40% of ballet dancers are below 85% of the ideal body weight.
- The dancers are trainning for about 6 to 8 hours with teams/coaches and a big majority of them will do an extra 1 to 3 hours when they got home just for weight control purposes.
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"Must see the bones. Eat nothing." -- George Balanchine, celebrated choreographer
"I started to associate this extreme thinness with success." -- Rachel Peppin, principal dancer of the Jerwood Centre
"If dance students have grown too big or too tall, the are juste moved away from ballet." -- Nick Allen, clinical director of Birmingham Royal Ballet
Lorie Lacharité, Humain and Social Sciences, CEGEP Garneau
Camille Fortin-Dupuis, Litterature, CEGEP Garneau
Anne-Sophie Pouliot, Humain and Social Sciences, CEGEP Garneau
