Low energy availability in athletes 2020: an updated narrative review of prevalence, risk, within-day energy balance, knowledge, and impact on sports performance

DM Logue, SM Madigan, A Melin, E Delahunt… - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Low energy availability (EA) underpins the female and male athlete triad and relative energy
deficiency in sport (RED-S). The condition arises when insufficient calories are consumed to …

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 …

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: 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 …

Endocrine effects of relative energy deficiency in sport

KJ Elliott-Sale, AS Tenforde… - … journal of sport …, 2018 - journals.humankinetics.com
The term Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport was introduced by the International Olympic
Committee in 2014. It refers to the potential health and performance consequences of …

The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC) position statement on disordered eating in high performance sport

KR Wells, NA Jeacocke, R Appaneal… - British journal of sports …, 2020 - bjsm.bmj.com
Identification, evaluation and management of disordered eating (DE) is complex. DE exists
along the spectrum from optimised nutrition through to clinical eating disorders (EDs) …

Nutrition and athlete bone health

C Sale, KJ Elliott-Sale - Sports Medicine, 2019 - Springer
Athletes should pay more attention to their bone health, whether this relates to their longer-
term bone health (eg risk of osteopenia and osteoporosis) or their shorter-term risk of bony …

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 …

Nutritional intake, sports nutrition knowledge and energy availability in female Australian rules football players

D Condo, R Lohman, M Kelly, A Carr - Nutrients, 2019 - mdpi.com
This study aimed to assess nutritional intake, sports nutrition knowledge and risk of Low
Energy Availability (LEA) in female Australian rules football players. Victorian Football …

questionnaires as measures for low energy availability (LEA) and relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S) in athletes

A Sim, SF Burns - Journal of Eating Disorders, 2021 - Springer
Background A sustained mismatch between energy intake and exercise energy expenditure
(EEE) can lead to Low Energy Availability (LEA), health and performance impairments …