Muscle dysmorphia or “bigorexia” is a disorder characterised by a pathological obsession with body fat reduction, muscle tone and a lean physique.

A large majority of the research has shown that aesthetic sport participants–such as gymnastics, figure skating–are at a greater risk for developing an eating disorder than those in sports such as cricket in which a lean physique does not better performance or have an aesthetic advantage (Sundgot-Borgen & Torstveit, 2004).