Contributing factors to low energy availability in female athletes: A narrative review of energy availability, training demands, nutrition barriers, body image, and disordered eating

This 2021 study investigated the hydration status of young American football players and aimed to summarize their eating patterns. The study recruited 63 youth football players competing in different leagues. There is one league that requires players to regulate their weight, while another league imposes an age restriction. On average, the players arrived to the […]

Since a variety of factors can influence the development of eating disorders, this 2021 study looked at possible differences in perception between athletic and non-athletic female students. Salem & Bayomi specifically looked at the young students’ perceptions of body image, body mass index, and eating disorders. The “athletic” girls were students from the faculty of […]