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One of the major medical concerns for women in sports is that of the female athlete triad which was initially defined at the Traid Consensus Conference in 1992<ref>Yeager KK,Agostini R, Nattiv A, Drinkwater BL.The female athlete traid: disordered eating,amenorrhea,osteoporosis. [Commentary].Med. Sci Sports Exer 25:775-7,1993.</ref>.It is a syndrome which involve 3 distinct and interrelated conditions:<br>
One of the major medical concerns for women in sports is that of the female athlete triad which was initially defined at the Traid Consensus Conference in 1992<ref>Yeager KK,Agostini R, Nattiv A, Drinkwater BL.The female athlete traid: disordered eating,amenorrhea,osteoporosis. [Commentary].Med. Sci Sports Exer 25:775-7,1993.</ref>.Also known simply as the Triad, this condition is seen in females participating in sports that emphasize leanness or low body weight<ref>Torstveit et al. 2005. ‘The Female Athlete Triad: Are Elite Athletes at Increased Risk?’ Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. vol. 37, no. 2. p. 184-93.</ref>.This behavious may lead to fatal consequences<ref>Hobart, Julie A. and Douglas R. Smucker. 2000. ‘The Female Athlete Triad.’ The American Academy of Family Physicians. &lt; http://www.aafp.org/afp/20000601/3357.html&gt; Retrieved on 2007-10-11</ref>. It is a syndrome which involve 3 distinct and interrelated conditions:<br>  


#Disordered Eating (a range of poor nutritional behaviour)
#Disordered Eating (a range of poor nutritional behaviour)  
#Amenorrhea (irregular or absent menstural periods)
#Amenorrhea (irregular or absent menstural periods)  
#Osteoporosis (low bone mass and microarchitectural deterioration, which leads to weak bones and risk of fractures)
#Osteoporosis (low bone mass and microarchitectural deterioration, which leads to weak bones and risk of fractures)



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Introduction[edit | edit source]

One of the major medical concerns for women in sports is that of the female athlete triad which was initially defined at the Traid Consensus Conference in 1992[1].Also known simply as the Triad, this condition is seen in females participating in sports that emphasize leanness or low body weight[2].This behavious may lead to fatal consequences[3]. It is a syndrome which involve 3 distinct and interrelated conditions:

  1. Disordered Eating (a range of poor nutritional behaviour)
  2. Amenorrhea (irregular or absent menstural periods)
  3. Osteoporosis (low bone mass and microarchitectural deterioration, which leads to weak bones and risk of fractures)

The problem of the  of the female athlete traid collectively, as well as its indiviual components, have since been recognized as potentially serious problems for girls and women in sports worldwide.[4][5]

Etiology[edit | edit source]

Epidemiology[edit | edit source]

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  1. Yeager KK,Agostini R, Nattiv A, Drinkwater BL.The female athlete traid: disordered eating,amenorrhea,osteoporosis. [Commentary].Med. Sci Sports Exer 25:775-7,1993.
  2. Torstveit et al. 2005. ‘The Female Athlete Triad: Are Elite Athletes at Increased Risk?’ Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. vol. 37, no. 2. p. 184-93.
  3. Hobart, Julie A. and Douglas R. Smucker. 2000. ‘The Female Athlete Triad.’ The American Academy of Family Physicians. < http://www.aafp.org/afp/20000601/3357.html> Retrieved on 2007-10-11
  4. Nattive A,Agostini R,Drinkwater BL,Yeager KK; The female athlete traid: the inter-relatedness of disordered eating, amenorrhea and osteoporosis.Clin Sports Med 13:405-18,1994.
  5. Otis CL,Drinkwater B, Johnson MD,et al:American College of Sports Medicine Position Stand on the Female Athlete Traid.Med Sci Sports Exer 29:i-ix,1997.