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A 2024 "Equip" website article entitled "Is Your Workout Routine Leading to Undereating? Signs For Athletes to Watch For"

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Undereating in Athletes: Recognizing the Risks and Finding Balance

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Intense exercise routines can lead to undereating in athletes, and potentially contribute to disordered eating or an eating disorder. Learn to recognize the signs and risks of underfueling, and how to maintain balance for peak performance and health.

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A 2025 journal article entitled "Coaches say Lighter is better, but at What Cost? A Qualitative Exploration of the Lingering Impact of Body Image on Disorder Eating in retired Elite Women Athletes"

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A 2025 journal article entitled "Nutrition educational interventions for athletes related to low energy availability: A systematic review"

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A 2023 journal article entitled "RED-S Alert How underfueling can harm your Performance and your overall health"

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A 2023 article published on "The Conversation" website entitled "Running on empty: Female athletes’ health and performance at risk from not eating enough"

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Running on empty: Female athletes’ health and performance at risk from not eating enough

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Female athletes are at increased risk of not eating enough. If energy intake is too low to meet training needs, there can be severe consequences for exercise performance, muscles and health.

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A 2025 article published by Boston Children's Hospital entitled "Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs)"

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Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) | Boston Children’s Hospital

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Relative energy deficiency in sport (REDS) is when athletes don’t get enough fuel to support energy demands. Learn more from Boston Children’s Hospital.

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A 2013 journal article titled "The Female Athlete Triad"

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A journal titled "Disordered Eating in Female Collegiate Gymnasts: Prevalence and Personality/Attitudinal Correlates"

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A 2014 article from the National library of Medicine titled "Prevention of eating disorders in female athletes"

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Prevention of eating disorders in female athletes

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Eating disorders are serious mental diseases that frequently appear in female athletes. They are abnormal eating behaviors that can be diagnosed only by strict criteria. Disordered eating, although also characterized as abnormal eating behavior,…

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Parental and Peer Factors Associated with Body Image Discrepancy among Fifth-Grade Boys and Girls

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Many young adolescents are dissatisfied with their body due to a discrepancy between their ideal and actual body size, which can lead to weight cycling, eating disorders, depression, and obesity. The current study examined the associations of…

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TikTok and body image: idealistic content may be detrimental to mental health

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TikTok videos that reflect unrealistic depictions of physical appearance may harm how young women think and feel about their bodies - and the impacts may be worse if the content is perceived as unedited and natural.

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Fueling the Female Athlete: Auditing Her Representation in Studies of Acute Carbohydrate Intake for Exercise

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The aim of this audit was to assess the representation of female athletes within the literature that has led to current guidelines for carbohydrate (CHO) intake in the acute periods surrounding exercise and the quality of this research. We conducted…