title: Female athlete triad update.
abstract: The passage of Title IX legislation in 1972 provided enormous opportunities for women to reap the benefits of sports participation. For most female athletes, sports participation is a positive experience, providing improved physical fitness, enhanced self-esteem, and better physical and mental health. Nonetheless, for a few female athletes, the desire for athletic success combined with the pressure to achieve a prescribed body weight may lead to the development of a triad of medical disorders including disordered eating, menstrual dysfunction, and low bone mineral density (BMD)--known collectively as the female athlete triad. Alone or in combination, the disorders of the triad can have a negative impact on health and impair athletic performance.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nutrition, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA. Katherine.Beals@hsc.utah.edu <Katherine.Beals@hsc.utah.edu>
authors.forename: Katherine A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Beals
authors.forename: Nanna L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D053716:Female Athlete Triad Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history / Q000503:physiopathology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D015995:Prevalence