Recommendations and nutritional considerations for female athletes: health and performance

B Holtzman, KE Ackerman - Sports medicine, 2021 - Springer
Optimal nutrition is an important aspect of an athlete's preparation to achieve optimal health
and performance. While general concepts about micro-and macronutrients and timing of …

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 …

International Olympic Committee (IOC) consensus statement on relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S): 2018 update

M Mountjoy, J Sundgot-Borgen… - … journal of sport …, 2018 - journals.humankinetics.com
The IOC RED-S consensus authors have reconvened to provide an update summary of the
interim scientific progress in the field of relative energy deficiency with the ultimate goal of …

Low energy availability surrogates correlate with health and performance consequences of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport

KE Ackerman, B Holtzman, KM Cooper… - British journal of sports …, 2019 - bjsm.bmj.com
Low energy availability (EA) is suspected to be the underlying cause of both the Female
Athlete Triad and the more recently defined syndrome, Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport …

Mapping the complexities of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs): development of a physiological model by a subgroup of the International Olympic Committee …

LM Burke, KE Ackerman, IA Heikura… - British journal of sports …, 2023 - bjsm.bmj.com
The 2023 International Olympic Committee (IOC) consensus statement on Relative Energy
Deficiency in Sport (REDs) notes that exposure to low energy availability (LEA) exists on a …

Relative energy deficiency in sport in male athletes: a commentary on its presentation among selected groups of male athletes

LM Burke, GL Close, B Lundy… - … journal of sport …, 2018 - journals.humankinetics.com
Low energy availability (LEA) is a key element of the Female Athlete Triad. Causes of LEA
include failure to match high exercise energy expenditure (unintentional) or pathological …

Prevalence of illness, poor mental health and sleep quality and low energy availability prior to the 2016 Summer Olympic Games

M Drew, N Vlahovich, D Hughes… - British journal of sports …, 2018 - bjsm.bmj.com
Objective Establish the prevalence of illness symptoms, poor sleep quality, poor mental
health symptoms, low energy availability and stress-recovery state in an Olympic cohort late …

Overtraining syndrome (OTS) and relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S): shared pathways, symptoms and complexities

T Stellingwerff, IA Heikura, R Meeusen, S Bermon… - Sports Medicine, 2021 - Springer
The symptom similarities between training-overload (with or without an Overtraining
Syndrome (OTS) diagnosis) and Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) are …

Ketone ester supplementation blunts overreaching symptoms during endurance training overload

C Poffé, M Ramaekers, R Van Thienen… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Key points Overload training is required for sustained performance gain in athletes
(functional overreaching). However, excess overload may result in a catabolic state which …

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 …