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  • Title: Wisconsin wrestling minimum weight project.
    Author: Harms RL.
    Journal: Wis Med J; 1992 Apr; 91(4):173-5. PubMed ID: 1574911.
    Abstract:
    Starting in the 1991-1992 school year, Wisconsin was the first state to have a mandatory minimum weight established for high school wrestlers, along with a comprehensive standardized nutrition education program. The minimum weight project was phased in over 2 years. The goal of the project is to scientifically predict a healthy minimum weight for high school wrestlers. No guidelines were previously set and unhealthy weight loss practices are sometimes used to achieve desired weights. A wrestler's weight is often determined by the need to fill a wrestling class and not on a good scientific basis. Many wrestling coaches across the state have tried to implement individual programs, but until this project there had been no coordinated, collective effort.
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