Back to the Real Salt Lake Newsfeed

Former Utah Jazz Dancers among those who charge NBA with causing eating disorders and unfair pay in Yahoo Lifestyle exposé

Yahoo Lifestyle has published a story headlined “NBA dancers reveal decades-long culture of ‘brainwashing,’ unfair pay and eating disorders” — and the story includes several comments from three former Utah Jazz dancers.

Sydney Sorenson, a member of the Jazz Dancer from 2009 to 2012, said monthly weigh-ins “messed with me the most,” and that leading up to them, “I came up with all these methods to weigh in smaller, like not eat anything solid for a week.”

“Point blank, I would say that I definitely had an eating disorder — especially the last year.