Reasons for and consequences of low energy availability in female and male athletes: social environment, adaptations, and prevention

P Wasserfurth, J Palmowski, A Hahn, K Krüger - Sports medicine-open, 2020 - Springer
Low energy availability (LEA) represents a state in which the body does not have enough
energy left to support all physiological functions needed to maintain optimal health. When …

Direct and indirect impact of low energy availability on sports performance

AK Melin, JL Areta, IA Heikura… - … journal of medicine …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Low energy availability (LEA) occurs inadvertently and purposefully in many athletes across
numerous sports; and well planned, supervised periods with moderate LEA can improve …

Low energy availability in athletes: a review of prevalence, dietary patterns, physiological health, and sports performance

D Logue, SM Madigan, E Delahunt, M Heinen… - Sports medicine, 2018 - Springer
In a high-performance sports environment, athletes can present with low energy availability
(LEA) for a variety of reasons, ranging from not consuming enough food for their specific …

Screening for risk of low energy availability in athletic and recreationally active females in Ireland

DM Logue, SM Madigan, M Heinen… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Low energy availability (LEA) results in physiological adaptations, which can
contribute to unfavourable health outcomes. Little information exists on risk of LEA in active …

Contributing factors to low energy availability in female athletes: a narrative review of energy availability, training demands, nutrition barriers, body image, and …

AR Jagim, J Fields, MK Magee, CM Kerksick, MT Jones - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Relative Energy Deficiency in sport is experiencing remarkable popularity of late, particularly
among female athletes. This condition is underpinned by low energy availability, which is a …

[HTML][HTML] Energy availability in athletics: health, performance, and physique

AK Melin, IA Heikura, A Tenforde… - … journal of sport …, 2019 - journals.humankinetics.com
The reported prevalence of low energy availability (LEA) in female and male track and field
athletes is between 18% and 58% with the highest prevalence among athletes in endurance …

Female recreational exercisers at risk for low energy availability

J Slater, R McLay-Cooke… - … journal of sport …, 2016 - journals.humankinetics.com
Low energy availability (LEA) describes the disruption in normal physiological function
existent when insufficient energy intake is combined with exercise. To conserve energy a …

Low energy availability in exercising women: historical perspectives and future directions

J Slater, R Brown, R McLay-Cooke, K Black - Sports Medicine, 2017 - Springer
Research on the health of female athletes has developed substantially over the past 50
years. This review aims to provide an overview of this research and identify directions for …

Low energy availability: history, definition and evidence of its endocrine, metabolic and physiological effects in prospective studies in females and males

JL Areta, HL Taylor, K Koehler - European Journal of Applied Physiology, 2021 - Springer
Energy availability (EA) is defined as the amount of dietary energy available to sustain
physiological function after subtracting the energetic cost of exercise. Insufficient EA due to …

2023 International Olympic Committee's (IOC) consensus statement on relative energy deficiency in sport (REDs)

M Mountjoy, KE Ackerman, DM Bailey… - British journal of sports …, 2023 - bjsm.bmj.com
Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) was first introduced in 2014 by the International
Olympic Committee's expert writing panel, identifying a syndrome of deleterious health and …