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 …

Respiratory and gastrointestinal infections limit an athlete's availability to train and compete.
To better understand how sick an athlete will become when they have an infection, a …

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 (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 …

Participation in sports offers many health benefits to athletes of both sexes. However,
subsets of both female and male athletes are at increased risk of impaired bone health and …

Palgrave's New Femininities in Digital, Physical and Sporting Cultures series is dedicated to
exploring emerging forms and expressions of femininity, feminist activism and politics in an …

Purpose The present review critically evaluates existing literature on the effects of short-and
long-term low energy availability (EA) on bone metabolism and health in physically active …

Energy availability (EA) is a scientific concept describing how much energy is available for
basic metabolic functions such as reproduction, immunity, and skeletal homeostasis …

It is well established that regular exercise and physical activity promote numerous health
benefits for girls and women (1, 2). However, under some conditions and in some girls and …

Athletes need to develop a relatively high muscle mass and low body adipose tissue for the
sake of better athletic performance. A full range of nine essential amino acids and eleven …