Lecture 18 - REDs

Question 1

What is RED?

Answer 1

relative energy deficiency

Question 2

What is LEA?

Answer 2

low energy availability

Question 3

What is disorder eating?

Answer 3

abnormal eating behaviours that do not meet the clinical criteria for eating disorder

Question 4

What is an eating disorder?

Answer 4

Disordered eating that meets clinical criteria to be considered ean eating disorder

Question 5

What is the difference between the female athlete triad and RED?

Answer 5

Female athlete triad was only for women and only had 3 components (energy avilability, menstrual function, bone health)

RED now includes males and females and encompasses many components (energy availability, immunological, endocrine etc)

Question 6

What are some detrimental outcomes of REDS?

Answer 6

• decrease in energy, metabolism, reproductive function, musculoskeletal health, immunity, glycogen synthesis, cardiovascular health, increased injury risk, decreased sport performance…

Question 7

What is eumenorrhea?

Answer 7

regular cycle

Question 8

What is primary amenorrhea?

Answer 8

absence of acheiving menarche by age 15

Question 9

What is secondary amenorrhea?

Answer 9

absence of 3 or more cyelce after onset of menstruation

Question 10

What is oligomenorrhea?

Answer 10

Long menstrual cycle (more than 35 days, 45 in adolescents)

Question 11

What is functional hypothalamic amenorrhea?

Answer 11

type of secondary amenorrhea