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Assessing Activity-based Anorexia in Mice
Published on: May 14, 2018
Advances in management of the female athlete triad and eating disorders
Karie N Zach1, Ariane L Smith Machin, Anne Z Hoch
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
Abstract:
Although there are numerous benefits to women from athletic participation, a complex combination of endocrine and metabolic factors exaggerates risk for a serious health concern: the female athlete triad. The purpose of this article is to provide updates on new issues related to the triad, specifically the relationship between athletic-associated amenorrhea and endothelial dysfunction-a potential fourth component to the triad that is a concern for future cardiovascular risk, public health issues, and athletic performance. Folic acid should be considered a potential safe and inexpensive therapeutic treatment to restore endothelial-dependent vasodilation.
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