Christine Kopp, sports physician at the University Hospital in Tübingen, has been advising athletes with underweight and eating disorders for years. Rapid intervention is important, she warns – to avoid lifelong damage to health.
Interviewed by
Barbara Klimke
SZ: Mrs. Dr. Kopp, extreme weight loss and eating disorders such as anorexia can be life-threatening. You offer an outpatient clinic for senior athletes in Tübingen. Has the problem increased in sport?