Eating behaviours, menstrual history and the athletic career: a retrospective survey from adolescence to adulthood in female endurance athletes.

Suvi Ravi Maarit Valtonen Johanna K Ihalainen Elina Holopainen Silja Kosola Saara Heinonen Benjamin Waller Urho M Kujala Jari Parkkari

Published in: BMJ open sport & exercise medicine (2023)

The findings indicate that DE behaviours and menstrual dysfunction, specifically secondary amenorrhoea, have a disadvantageous relationship with a sports career in women competing in endurance sports. DE during the sports career is associated with DE after the career.

Keyphrases

medical students
skeletal muscle
depressive symptoms
high intensity
resistance training
high school
oxidative stress
physical activity
polycystic ovary syndrome
metabolic syndrome
type diabetes
weight loss
pregnant women
insulin resistance
pregnancy outcomes