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Energy availability, not body fatness, regulates reproductive function in women
1Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens 45701-2979, USA. loucks@ohiou.edu
Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews
|July 29, 2003
Abstract:
The morbid consequences of menstrual disorders in athletes require medical diagnosis and treatment. Reproductive disruption appears to occur when energy availability (dietary energy intake minus exercise energy expenditure) falls below a threshold between 20 and 30 kcal x kgLBM(-1) x d(-1), and some women may be more severely affected than others by subthreshold energy availability.