Female athlete triad
Female athlete triad -- Birch 330 (7485): 244 -- BMJ
The "female athlete triad" has long been recognised as a syndrome that has the potential to affect female athletes and consists of three inter-related disorders:
Osteoporosis
Disordered eating
Menstrual disorders.
The potential impact of each of, and the combination of, these disorders is detrimental to performance and to health. Certainly, the increased risk of infertility, stress fractures, eating disorders, and osteoporosis in later life is a high price to pay for involvement in an essentially healthy activity. This is especially true, as many of these factors can be prevented with careful management.
The "female athlete triad" has long been recognised as a syndrome that has the potential to affect female athletes and consists of three inter-related disorders:
Osteoporosis
Disordered eating
Menstrual disorders.
The potential impact of each of, and the combination of, these disorders is detrimental to performance and to health. Certainly, the increased risk of infertility, stress fractures, eating disorders, and osteoporosis in later life is a high price to pay for involvement in an essentially healthy activity. This is especially true, as many of these factors can be prevented with careful management.
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