Margo Mountjoy, Kathryn E Ackerman, David M Bailey, Louise M Burke, Naama Constantini, Anthony C Hackney, Ida Aliisa Heikura, Anna Melin, Anne Marte Pensgaard, Trent Stellingwerff, Jorunn Kaiander Sundgot-Borgen, Monica Klungland Torstveit, Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen, Evert Verhagen, Richard Budgett, Lars Engebretsen, Uğur Erdener
Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) was first introduced in 2014 by the International Olympic Committee's expert writing panel, identifying a syndrome of deleterious health and performance outcomes experienced by female and male athletes exposed to low energy availability (LEA; inadequate energy intake in relation to exercise energy expenditure). Since the 2018 REDs consensus, there have been >170 original research publications advancing the field of REDs science, including emerging data demonstrating the growing role of low carbohydrate availability, further evidence of the interplay between mental health and REDs and more data elucidating the impact of LEA in males...
September 2023: British Journal of Sports Medicine