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| Title |
Low Energy Availability in Athletes: A Review of Prevalence, Dietary Patterns, Physiological Health, and Sports Performance
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| Published in |
Sports Medicine, October 2017
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| DOI | 10.1007/s40279-017-0790-3 |
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| Authors |
Danielle Logue, Sharon M. Madigan, Eamonn Delahunt, Mirjam Heinen, Sarah-Jane Mc Donnell, Clare A. Corish |
| Abstract |
In a high-performance sports environment, athletes can present with low energy availability (LEA) for a variety of reasons, ranging from not consuming enough food for their specific energy requirements to disordered eating behaviors. Both male and female high-performance athletes are at risk of LEA. Longstanding LEA can cause unfavorable physiological and psychological outcomes which have the potential to impair an athlete's health and sports performance. This narrative review summarizes the prevalence of LEA and its associations with athlete health and sports performance. It is evident in the published scientific literature that the methods used to determine LEA and its associated health outcomes vary. This contributes to poor recognition of the condition and its sequelae. This review also identifies interventions designed to improve health outcomes in athletes with LEA and indicates areas which warrant further investigation. While return-to-play guidelines have been developed for healthcare professionals to manage LEA in athletes, behavioral interventions to prevent the condition and manage its associated negative health and performance outcomes are required. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 74 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 15 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 14 | 19% |
| United States | 10 | 14% |
| Chile | 2 | 3% |
| Finland | 2 | 3% |
| Norway | 1 | 1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1% |
| Sweden | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 4 | 5% |
| Unknown | 23 | 31% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 32 | 43% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 21 | 28% |
| Scientists | 20 | 27% |
| Unknown | 1 | 1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 482 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 482 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 78 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 73 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 41 | 9% |
| Researcher | 27 | 6% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 22 | 5% |
| Other | 74 | 15% |
| Unknown | 167 | 35% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Sports and Recreations | 118 | 24% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 60 | 12% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 42 | 9% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 18 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 15 | 3% |
| Other | 50 | 10% |
| Unknown | 179 | 37% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 87. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 August 2023.
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#499,208
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Outputs from Sports Medicine
#473
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#10,477
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#15
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So far Altmetric has tracked 2,897 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 56.4. This one has done well, scoring higher than 83% of its peers.
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