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Energy availability and the female athlete triad in elite endurance athletes
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The female athlete triad (T riad), links low energy availability (EA), with menstrual dysfunction (MD), and impaired bone health. The aims of this study were to examine associations between EA/MD and energy metabolism and the prevalence of T riad‐associated conditions in endurance athletes. Forty women [26.2 ± 5.5 years, body mass index (BMI) 20.6 ± 2.0 kg/m 2, body fat 20.0 ± 3.0%], exercising 11.4 ± 4.5 h/week, were recruited from national teams and competitive clubs. Protocol included gynecological examination; assessment of bone health; indirect respiratory calorimetry; diet and exercise measured 7 days to assess EA; eating disorder (ED) examination; blood analysis. Subjects with low/reduced EA (< 45 kcal/kg FFM/day), had lower resting metabolic rate (RMR) compared with those with optimal EA [28.4 ± 2.0 kcal/kg fat‐free mass (FFM)/day vs 30.5 ± 2.2 kcal/kg FFM/day, P < 0.01], as did subjects with MD compared with eumenorrheic subjects (28.6 ± 2.4 kcal/kg FFM/day vs 30.2 ± 1.8 kcal/kg FFM/day, P < 0.05). 63% had low/reduced EA, 25% ED, 60% MD, 45% impaired bone health, and 23% had all three Triad conditions. 53% had low RMR, 25% hypercholesterolemia, and 38% hypoglycemia. Conclusively, athletes with low/reduced EA and/or MD had lowered RMR. T riad‐associated conditions were common in this group of athletes, despite a normal BMI range. The high prevalence of ED, MD, and impaired bone health emphasizes the importance of prevention, early detection, and treatment of energy deficiency.
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“they do occur, can impair growth and maturation, reduce bone mineral density, delay recovery, compromise immune function and increase injury risk [14,15,107–109].”
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“Notably, the researchers in a study on 40 Danish and Swedish female national teams and competitive clubs found an association between the reduced energy availability and higher LDL cholesterol [77].”
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Self-citationMountjoy, M., Sundgot-Borgen, J., Burke, L., Carter, S., Constantini, N., Lebrun, C., Meyer, N., Sherman, R., Steffen, K., Budgett, R., et al. (2014) · British Journal of Sports Medicine · doi:10.1136/bjsports-2014-093502 · Cited by 1,469 · cited 4×
“The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has recently published a new Consensus Statement, introducing a new concept, Relative Energy Deficiency in Sports (RED-S; Mountjoy et al., 2014), that replaces the previous statement concerning the Triad (Drinkwater et al., 2005).”
BackgroundInfluentialSelf-citationLow energy availability, not stress of exercise, alters LH pulsatility in exercising women
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“The subjects with MD had, furthermore, lower blood glucose compared with eumenorrheic subjects, and earlier research has suggested that GnRH neuron activity and LH pulsatility are regulated by brain glucose availability (Loucks et al., 1998; Loucks, 2006).”
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- Melin, A., Tornberg, Å. B., Skouby, S., Møller, S. S., Sundgot‐Borgen, J., Faber, J., Sidelmann, J. J., Aziz, M., & Sjödin, A.
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- Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2014-05-30
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 610-622
- ISSN
- 0905-7188 (ISSN-L)
- 1600-0838
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- W1770799467
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- References
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- FWCI
- 10.13
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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