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Energy availability in athletes

Loucks, Anne B., Kiens, Bente, Wright, Hattie H.·2011·Journal of Sports Sciences

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This review updates and complements the review of energy balance and body composition in the Proceedings of the 2003 IOC Consensus Conference on Sports Nutrition. It argues that the concept of energy availability is more useful than the concept of energy balance for managing the diets of athletes. It then summarizes recent reports of the existence, aetiologies, and clinical consequences of low energy availability in athletes. This is followed by a review of recent research on the failure of appetite to increase ad libitum energy intake in compensation for exercise energy expenditure. The review closes by summarizing the implications of this research for managing the diets of athletes.

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  • Failure to reach energy balance, or conditions of prolonged low energy availability, can rapidly result in increased risk of injury, illness, overtraining syndrome, and undesired weight loss including muscle mass, impairing training adaptation and performance.

    “Regardless of absolute energy requirements, failure to reach energy balance, or conditions of prolonged low energy availability [17], can rapidly result in an increased risk of injury, illness, overtraining syndrome, and (undesired) weight loss (including muscle mass) [14,19], impairing training adaptation and performance [13,16,17].”

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Authors
Loucks, A. B., Kiens, B., & Wright, H. H.
Affiliations
  • Ohio University (US)
  • University of Copenhagen (DK)
  • North-West University (ZA)
Venue
Journal of Sports Sciences
Published
2011-01
Volume
29
Issue
sup1
Pages
S7-S15
ISSN
  • 0264-0414 (ISSN-L)
  • 1466-447X
OpenAlex
W2098823186
Cited by
513
References
55
Citations by year
2026: 35 · 2025: 43 · 2024: 57 · 2023: 60 · 2022: 53 · 2021: 47 · 2020: 44 · 2019: 29 · 2018: 26 · 2017: 27 · 2016: 24 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 28 · 2013: 21 · 2012: 3
FWCI
1.84
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Sports Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (publishedVersion)
  • Boloka Institutional Repository (North-west University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Muscle metabolism and nutrition
Keywords
energy availability, energy balance, athletes, low energy availability, appetite, ad libitum energy intake, exercise energy expenditure, body composition
MeSH terms
Appetite, Energy Intake, Diet, Energy Metabolism, Humans, Nutritional Status, Sports, Exercise, Athletes

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