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    The Female Athlete Triad: A Clinical Guide
    The Female Athlete Triad: A Clinical Guide
    The Female Athlete Triad: A Clinical Guide
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    This is the first book of its kind to focus solely on the female athlete triad - its origins, its recognition, and most importantly, its management. Since the symptoms themselves cover a range of medical specialties, chapters are written by experts in a number of relevant fields - sports medicine, orthopedics, endocrinology, and pediatrics - with an eye toward overall care of the young female athlete. Additionally, each chapter includes suggestions on how to educate and communicate with young athletes and their parents, as well as trainers and coaches, on how to manage the illness outside of the direct clinical setting.

    The female athlete triad is often seen in sports where low body weight is emphasized, such as gymnastics, figure skating, and running, though it can appear in any sport or activity. The interrelated symptoms - eating disorders, amenorrhea, and low bone mass - exist on a spectrum of severity and are serious and potentially life-threatening if not properly treated. Psychological problems, in addition to medical ones, are not uncommon. The Female Athlete Triad: A Clinical Guide discusses all of these areas for a well-rounded and in-depth approach to the phenomenon and will be a useful reference for any clinician working with female athletes across the lifespan.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSpringer
    Release dateOct 28, 2014
    ISBN9781489975256
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      The Female Athlete Triad - Catherine M. Gordon

      © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015

      Catherine M. Gordon and Meryl S. LeBoff (eds.)The Female Athlete Triad10.1007/978-1-4899-7525-6_2

      2. Sports Nutrition

      Katrina Schroeder¹   and Kendrin R. Sonneville², ³  

      (1)

      Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA

      (2)

      Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA

      (3)

      Human Nutrition Program, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health, 1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, USA

      Katrina Schroeder

      Email: katrina.schroeder@childrens.harvard.edu

      Kendrin R. Sonneville (Corresponding author)

      Email: kendrins@umich.edu

      Introduction

      There are a many articles written about the female athlete triad including studies on bone health, hormone regulation, eating disorders, and excessive exercise. These studies consistently conclude that eating a balanced diet appropriate for the level of physical activity can resolve the problem, in other words fixing the energy availability component of the triangle. Proper nutrition may not add years back to bone age or health for an adolescent girl or make up for months or years of amenorrhea, but with sufficient energy intake, periods should resume, hormones should come back into balance, and bones should begin to strengthen. Undoubtedly, sports nutrition is an essential component of the prevention of, the prescription for management of, and the continued care for treatment of the female athlete

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