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Langan-Evans, C, Reale, R, Sullivan, J and Martin, D (2021) Nutritional Considerations for Female Athletes in Weight Category Sports. European Journal of Sport Science, 22 (5). pp. 720-732. ISSN 1746-1391
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Abstract
Weight making can be described as the process of reducing body mass in events where aesthetics, propulsion or the requirement to meet a specific weight category limit, are considered to be of competitive importance. Cross sectional research specifically focussed on weight category sports, has highlighted behaviours and practices that are similar in athletes of both sexes. Regardless of this and despite parallel participation in weight category sporting events, females are drastically underrepresented in studies examining body mass loss interventions across both chronic and acute timeframes. However, it has been well characterised that these types of body mass loss strategies can be causative of low energy availability, leading to consequences of female athlete triad and relative energy deficiency in sports. Furthermore, female-specific body composition and physiological systems modulated by the anterior pituitary and ovarian hormones within the menstrual cycle or use of hormonal contraception, can lead to potential outcomes which need to be considered carefully, particularly when employing acute weight loss strategies that are often utilised by weight making athletes. Therefore, the aim of this article serves to review the aforementioned issues, whilst offering practical recommendations via initial assessment, chronic/acute interventions and refeeding/recovery plans to help support the implementation of body mass loss strategies in the context of weight making specifically with female athletes.
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Science & Technology; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Sport Sciences; Weight making; body mass loss; Acute Weight Loss; low energy availability; Female Athlete Triad; Relative Energy Deficiency in sports; RELATIVE ENERGY DEFICIENCY; RESEARCH WORKING GROUP; BODY-MASS MANAGEMENT; MENSTRUAL-CYCLE; COMBAT SPORTS; CONSENSUS STATEMENT; POSITION STATEMENT; EXERCISE; FLUID; SEX; Humans; Cross-Sectional Studies; Body Composition; Sports; Female; Female Athlete Triad Syndrome; Athletes; Acute Weight Loss; Female Athlete Triad; Relative Energy Deficiency in sports; Weight making; body mass loss; low energy availability; Athletes; Body Composition; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Female Athlete Triad Syndrome; Humans; Sports; Sport Sciences; 0913 Mechanical Engineering; 1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TX Home economics > TX341 Nutrition. Foods and food supply R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC1200 Sports Medicine |
| Divisions: | Sport & Exercise Sciences |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Oct 2022 10:48 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Oct 2022 08:58 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1080/17461391.2021.1936655 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/17788 |
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