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The Wisconsin wrestling minimum weight project
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Sport EngineeringPhysical ActivityWeight ManagementObesityKinesiologySport NutritionPhysical EducationApplied PhysiologyPublic HealthSport ScienceHealth EducationHealth SciencesSport Injury PreventionHealth PolicyPhysical FitnessWeekly Weight LossHealth PromotionObesity ManagementAma GuidelinesNew RulesPhysical TherapyExercise ScienceAthletic Training
In 1989, the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association implemented a project including new rules and an educational program, consistent with ACSM and AMA guidelines, to curtail "weight cutting" among high-school wrestlers. The project included skinfold estimates of body fatness to determine a minimum competitive weight, a limit on weekly weight loss, and presentation of nutrition education information to help wrestlers diet effectively. Implementation of the project has overcome a variety of obstacles and has received widespread endorsement from parents, teachers, wrestlers, and coaches. The success of this project offers a model for other states to emulate and should encourage clinicians in other sports to initiate interventions addressing these unhealthy weight loss behaviors.