KINE 1020 Lecture Notes - Christy Henrich, Bone Density, Amenorrhoea
6 Jun 2014
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Bmd (bone mineral density) talks about the quality of your skeleton. Is broken down into three components, low energy availability, Low energy availability: leanness, when related to sport this can be a very critical factor with performance cost. Coaches want athletes to be as lean as possible. But when discussed about women, hormonally they are more at risk. : 1988, one of the top female gymnast at age 16 was told that she had to meet the weight requirement of the sport and aesthetics (body. Mass 93 lbs, bmi 19. 8 kg/m2). Resorted to anorexia and bulimia to control her weight, and died of multi organ failure (lowest body mass 47lbs, : not only constricted to high performance sport, ballet dancer was told to lose 5 pounds (115lbs), struggled with anorexia, and died (93lbs). When you change caloric intake or place individual in a restrictive caloric environment menstrual cycles change.
