Are sports where an athlete has to "make weight" healthy for a growing!

Question: I always had to "make weight" for various sports growing up -- wrestling, judo, youth football -- but think it screwed up my metabolism. What's your view?

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Answers: I always had to "make weight" for various sports growing up -- wrestling, judo, youth football -- but think it screwed up my metabolism. What's your view?

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It can be very unhealthy! Making growing kids gain/lose weight by "crash diets" or other unhealthy means can affect your metabolism, exactly like you say.

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i really think it depends on the amount of weight.i wrestled at 154 but only had to lose about 3-4 lbs for each match.the loss lasted long enough to get weighed in and wrestle then i got it back.

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