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Energy Availability, Not Body Fatness, Regulates Reproductive Function in Women

Loucks, Anne B.·2003·Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

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In Brief LOUCKS, A. B. Energy availability, not body fatness, regulates reproductive function in women. Exerc. Sport Sci. Rev., Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 144–148, 2003. The morbid consequences of menstrual disorders in athletes require medical diagnosis and treatment. Reproductive disruption appears to occur when energy availability (dietary energy intake minus exercise energy expenditure) falls below a threshold between 20 and 30 kcal ·kgLBM−1·d−1, and some women may be more severely affected than others by subthreshold energy availability. Exercise appears to have no suppressive effect on menstrual function beyond the impact of its energy cost on energy availability.

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Authors: Loucks, A. B.
Affiliations: Ohio University (US)
Corresponding author: Loucks, Anne B.
Venue: Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Published: 2003-07
Volume: 31
Issue: 3
Pages: 144-148
ISSN: 0091-6331 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1097/00003677-200307000-00008
OpenAlex: W2013074672
Cited by: 206
References: 14
Citations by year: 2026: 10 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 10
FWCI: 11.62
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: National Center for Research Resources (M01-RR-00034, M01RR000034)
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Menstrual Health and Disorders
Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Ovarian function and disorders
Keywords: energy availability, reproductive function, menstrual disorders, female athletes, adiposity, exercise energy expenditure, energy intake, reproductive disruption
MeSH terms: Body Composition, Energy Intake, Energy Metabolism, Female, Humans, Menstruation Disturbances, Reproduction, Sports

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