EDIN’s Running on Empty Program provides coaches and athletic trainers with the skills and resources needed to identify and prevent eating disorders among their athletes. This training will also teach coaches and trainers how to effectively communicate with and support at-risk athletes.

Curriculum Objectives

• Identify disordered eating patterns, over-exercising and under-fueling (known as Relative Energy Deficiency in Sports) in athletes;

• Employ positive strategies to communicate effectively with athletes and parents about disordered eating;

• Provide examples of ways to support an athlete’s recovery from disordered eating patterns;

•  Identify ways to prevent disordered eating among athletes through adequate fueling and healthy training practices.